Rolling Stone (2/01/01, p.56) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Their most over-the-top album yet....luxuriating in a decadent psych-rock whirlpool....Wyndorf brings the rawk: sexy, dark, melodic, celebratory and, above all, huge."

Entertainment Weekly (4/13/01, p.76) - "...The band's signature brown-acid hysteria shares time with suspensefully muted click tracks, adding an element of noir to a world view that was plenty bleak to begin with..." - Rating: B

Q (1/01, p.92) - Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000" - "...This is sheer heavy glory..."

Uncut (2/01, p.79) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "...Monster Magnet just interlock and rock like Steppenwolf on steroids..."

CMJ (3/26/01, p.4) - "...About the best thing going in hard rock..."

Melody Maker (11/14/00, p.52) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Dave Wyndorf is at his ridiculous, melodramatic and highly enjoyable best....after 13 tracks you emerge tired, wired and f***ed senseless from every direction..."

NME (Magazine) (11/25/00, p.34) - 7 stars out of 10 - "...Their unblinking dedication to the singular superfuzz groove assures them that special place in your blackened heart...