Q (6/95, p.130) - 3 Stars - Good - "...roughly split between strangulated psychedelic fuzzgrunge and cumulatively meditational flotation, with Torn fully exploring state-of-the-art guitar technology....Hendrix, Fripp and Frisell are the spiritual forefathers here, but not before their ideas have passed through Torn's personality shredder..."
Down Beat (10/95, p.51) - 3.5 Stars - Good/Very Good - "...TRIPPING OVER GOD builds cuts from the ground up, layering and looping percussion, drums, noise clouds, vocals and lots of guitar..."
JazzTimes (7-8/95, p.18) - "...easily his most experimental and guitar-intensive release in a provocative 20-year career....TRIPPING OVER GOD is a testament to Torn's ability to interact creatively with technology..."
Vibe (8/95, p.120) - "...Torn pools concepts that Hendrix, Robert Fripp, and Brian Eno...introduced into popular music long ago: controlled feedback, distortion, Middle Eastern melodicism, North African drumming and chanting--but he deploys these notions in ways that are intimate and mind-throttling..."
Option (5-6/95, p.140) - "...TRIPPING OVER GOD is a fluid, ever-shifting melange of unpredictable styles....Torn's clearly more concerned with texture and personal vision than harmony and sales figures..."
Personnel: David Torn (guitar, samples, vocals, harmonica, bass, flute, drum programming); Elijah Torn (bass).