Rolling Stone (4/18/96, p.71) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Escoveda neatly balances his feel for the conventional pop song with his more experimental tendencies..."
Entertainment Weekly (3/22/96, pp.74-75) - "...His current sound, a multi-textured roots-pop, would be utterly beguiling if it weren't for his unresonant, plain-as-dough voice. His true calling: songwriting."
- Rating: B+
Q (9/96, p.113) - 3 Stars - Good - "...a succinctly arranged musical journey through his `wasted' years, played out with a bunch of friends....There's a cool rustle to the upbeat songs but it's his trademark melancholy vocals that pull you in..."
Uncut (2/04, p.71) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[I]t's a suitably raucous affair..."
Contains an untitled hidden track following "Pyramid Of Tears".
Personnel: Alejandro Escovedo, T.S. Bruton (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Malford Milligan, Jennifer Warnes (vocals); Joe Eddy Hines (electric guitar); Jay Hudson (pedal steel guitar); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Bill Ginn (bass clarinet); Stephen Barber (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Farfisa organ, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer); Tom Canning (piano, synthesizer); Chris Maresh, Terry Wilson, Hutch Hutchinson (bass); Brannen Temple (drums, percussion); Tom Fillman (drums); Sheila Escovedo, Juanita Escovedo, Juan Escovedo, Peter Michael Escovedo (percussion); Will Sexton, Charlie Sexton (background vocals).
Recorded at The Hit Shack, Austin, Texas and Castle Oaks, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by Jody Denberg.