Rolling Stone (12/15/94, p.98) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...The Jesus Lizard emit pure evil in their nihilistic songs, though they seem as much confused victims of the dark force as posessors of it..."

Q (10/94, p.116) - 3 Stars - Good - "...They're one of the few underground American bands to have risen above the post-grunge, sub-metal malaise....A swelling mosh pit of trashy, 12-bar blues, swamp rock and rumbling, raw punk..."

Melody Maker (8/27/94, p.40) - "...Musically, it presses all the right moshpit buttons--rhythm section that sounds like it's tumbling down several flights of stairs, guitars grinding and chords spiralling off at bleak tangents..."

Musician (8/94, p.86) - "...You don't listen to the Jesus Lizard for generational angst delineated in post-modern iambic pentameter, but for their rhythmic pummel..."

NME (Magazine) (8/27/94, p.36) - 8 - Excellent - "...on the evidence of "DOWN," [The Jesus Lizard] will continue to consolodate their position as one of the world's greatest exponents of challenging, compelling, and deeply disturbing sonic dementia..."