Kembrew McLeod rated it 4 stars out of 5, calling the title track "indispensable" and their cover of "Get Over You" "a great Ramones ripoff made even better in the hands of these Ramones ripoff artists. Joe King/Queer once said 'I could never understand why people can't love Black Flag and the Beach Boys and Lesley Gore'; on Surf Goddess, the Queers do their best job thus far of synthesizing the sound of these three artists." In his 2015 memoir, Livermore called the EP one of his favorite Queers records. In his 2014 book Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records, author Kevin Prested called it "a solid stopgap on the way to the band's next album." Reissue In 2006 the Queers followed several other former Lookout! artists in rescinding their master tapes and licensing rights from the label, invoking a clause in their contract citing delinquent royalty payments. They signed to Asian Man Records, who reissued all of the band's Lookout! albums in 2007, each having been remixed and remastered by Giorgini at Sonic Iguana. The tracks from Surf Goddess were included as bonus tracks on the reissue of the band's 1995 album Move Back Home. Track listing Personnel Credit's adapted from the EP's liner notes. The Queers Joe Queer (Joe King) – lead vocals, guitar B-Face (Chris Barnard) – bass guitar, backing vocals Hugh O'Neill – drums, backing vocals Additional musicians Dan Vapid (Dan Schafer) – guitar Production Larry Livermore – producer Mass Giorgini – audio engineer, mixing engineer Artwork Chris Appelgren – artwork, layout References The Queers albums 1995 EPs Lookout! Records EPs