Spin (p.108) - "[An] instrumental set from the punk era's highest-flying guitarist....It charms on its own terms."
Entertainment Weekly (4/3/92, p.54) - "..a collection of thoroughly alluring instrumentals...Verlaine's edgy guitar coils and snakes its way around the album's delicate melodies.." - Rating: B+
Magnet (p.88) - "Loaded with sagebrush atmosphere and recorded with former Television bassist Fred Smith and drummer Billy Ficca, Verlaine's guitar work has never seemed more star-lit and intensely lovely."
The Wire (p.65) - "Oblique narrative is a common thread in Verlaine's lyrics, and these instrumentals also strongly evoke scenes, intrigues and incidents."
Down Beat (6/92, p.50) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "..a mood piece that grows on you.."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.118) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[W]here '50s rock'n'roll twang meets Angelo Badalamenti's strongly melodic musical evocations of the American night."
Personnel: Tom Verlaine (guitar); Patrick A. Derivaz, Fred Smith (bass); Billy Ficca, Jay Dee Daugherty (drums).
Personnel include: Tom Verlaine (guitar); Fred Smith , Patrick A. Derivaz (bass instrument); Jay Dee Daugherty, Billy Ficca (drums).