Gavin Report proclaimed the album "a faultless offering of this clan of musicians we call Xymox".
The Gavin Report was a San Francisco-based radio industry trade publication.
In February 2002, United Business Media, who had owned the Gavin Report since 1992, decided to close the publication.
With the release of the hit single, "Johnny Q", the band's album status elevated to the "Top 20" on the Gavin Report.
The Gavin Report, founded in 1958, ended publication in 2002.
The rock and roll station was a reporting station for the Gavin Report during those years and had great influence in the southeast US.
Bill Gavin was an American radio personality and publisher of the influential Gavin Report.
Gavin founded the Gavin Report in 1958.
It was also said that "every record company subscribed to and quoted the Gavin Report...Everybody copied him, but he originated the thing."
It was reviewed favorably by Cash Box and as a "Personal Pick" by the Gavin Report.