Reviews3 Stars - Good - "...Sunny Day Real Estate have the most potential of the emotionally expressive melodic grungers...to emerge in Nirvana's wake, though the band eschew Cobain's anthemic pop focus for a more undulating, splintered surge of guitar/vocal...", "...Sunny Day Real Estate manage to merge the drive of early U2, the acrid, aching melodicism of Dinosaur Jr. and a touch of the wicked, weird, un-pop of the Flaming Lips....The whole affair is deliriously, deliberately erratic--aural clutter that's at once distracting and inviting....", “With Soaring, Impassioned Vocals; Expansive Dynamics, Circular Riff Patterns; and Driving Guitars.”, Included in AP's "Essential Punk Influences '02 Style" - "...Provided the template for second-wave emo....Musically it was Nirvana's dynamics matched with Slint's angualr chops...", 4 Stars Out of 5 -- "Unique...With Its Bare-Boned, Visceral Raw Heart Honesty...", Included in NME's "Most Influential Emo Records Of All Time" - "...The first truly commercial album of the genre..."