Senere har albumet fått bedre anmeldelser, beskrevet av Kevin Courrier i : "the subversive world of Zappa as "a compendium of Zappa's most explicit attacks on political and sexual hypocrisy in American culture collected together in one huge volley." I Frank Zappa and musical theatre: "ugly ugly o'phan Annie and really deep, intense, thought-provoking Broadway symbolism, Thing-FishThing-Fish'' som Zappas "mest kontroversielle, misforstådte, oversette album", og mente at albumet ikke var et mesterstykke, men "more than rehashed material".