"HIS TALENT IS ABSOLUTELY BLISTERING...he uses his abilities for more than just technical amazement purposes...he's assembled elegant and beautiful songs."

CMJ NEW MUSIC REPORT, JACKPOT PICK, 10/94

"LUCAS IS A POST-MODERN JIMMY PAGE who is equally at home downtown, uptown or in the country. He encompasses bluegrass, revved-up funk-metal, gnarled delta blues and surreal N.Y. punk, sometimes all in one melting potpourri."

HITS, POMO PICK, 3/95

"SOUND: A, PERFORMANCE: A...accessibility with songs, hooks, lyrics...beguiling vocals. Lucas' balance of listenable art with instrumental audacity pushes the envelope without descending into cacophony."

AUDIO, 4/95

"FORMIDABLE MULTI-STYLIST LUCAS REINVENTS 'LED ZEPPELIN III'...consider the onetime Beefheart cohort the anti-Page: He shares Jimmy's penchant for Celtic folk, country blues, fleet-fingered bombast...equally compelling."

GUITAR PLAYER, 1/95

"A WIZARD'S BREW OF SONGS...sheer musical pleasure and inventiveness. Gary Lucas can be brazenly eclectic yet unpretentious. His ideas work. Lucas ties it all together with a pixie's charm...sheer crystalline prettiness. Real heavy."

ALTERNATIVE PRESS, 2/95

"CONSISTENTLY BRILLIANT...songs rich in texture and diversity. Lucas rises above the mainstream by presenting some of the most unique music around...one of the most innovative experimental rock musicians on the New York scene. Uncanny skill...a style both demonic and ecstatic. Stellar tunes-a blueprint for music in the 90's."

HARTFORD ADVOCATE, 5/95

"BRILLIANT...every time I play it on my radio show I get calls. Beautiful, ethereal, indie-pop. In short, cheese-free (read: no Vai/Satriani diddling) guitar virtuosity."

HUDSON VALLEY FREE TIME MUSICMACHINE, 7/95

"ONE OF THE TOP 10 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR!"

BAM MAGAZINE, 5/95

"CLEVER LYRICS...the former Captain Beefheart cohort's intricate arrangements (and rearrangements of such unexpected material as Percy Grainger's 'Over the Hills and Far Away' and Arthur Russell's 'Let's Go Swimming'), his dazzling guitar work, and his eclectic personality are in full effect here."

THE NEW REVIEW OF RECORDS, 6/95

"EPICLY SWOONING...bright, intricate and always musical guitar work...showcases Lucas' brilliantly versatile playing and writing styles. Quite a few gems that won't want to leave your CD player."

MUSICACCESS, Toronto, 11/94

"THE INCOMPARABLE DOWNTOWN NEW YORK SCENEMAKING AXEMAN draws together another Gods and Monsters-style ensemble to flesh out his maniacal skeleton dances...consuming virtuosity. 4 STARS."

TORONTO NOW, 12/94

"A REAL MONSTER...electric, eclectic Lucas steps out on his own and wails."

PAPER, 2/95