A contemporary review of this album described it as a "masterpiece of hollow techniques", and despite critical reevaluation over the years, listening to it that critique still feels pertinent. When this album is great, its truly great, and it carries some superb instrumentals, but those moments of excellence became fleeting when they just dragged on. Perhaps this album suffers from the trappings of trailblazing something that would later be found and perfected elsewhere. Still, its certainly not bad by any means.