This album was my entry into crowbars discography - super solid atmospheric songs all the way through, great production for a sludge album. (See also: Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form)

Definitely worth a listen if you have listened to DOWN and want to see what Kirk brings to that group.

Not many reviews up this - via Metal Archives

…this is the best album Crowbar had done up to this point. As I’ve stated many times before, its definitely heavier, possibly more riff oriented than before, and definitely fleshing out new ideas. I can’t really say this beats out “Sonic Excess…” or “Lifesblood for the Downtrodden” because I havn’t heard those albums in their entirety, but it comes close from what I have heard of them.

Any fan of Crowbar definitely needs to pick this up, while it also makes a good first for the curious listener. Its not quite as accessible as the self-titled was, but its better in most respects. I’d also branch out and say its worthy of checking out for doom fans who don’t mind the sludge variant, nor the lack of complex structures and virtuoso shredding. If its an attempt at something better, I would have to say it succeeded and surpassed expectations of a Crowbar release.