and exorcisms. Kris Needs of Record Collector describes the album as a "total collage assault". Chuck Foster of The Big Takeover highlights the eclectic nature of the first side of the album, veering between psychedelic rock, country, blues and easy listening, while drawing attention to the "strange sound collage of songs and vocal snippets" that forms the second side. Sanders said he intended the second side of the album be a "like a long collage". Richie Unterberger said that the integration of a "side-long suite" was comparable to the Mothers of Invention's We're Only in It for the Money and the Holy Modal Rounders' The Moray Eels Eat the Holy Modal Rounders, both also from 1968. Writing for AllMusic, he similarly said that the album beings with "five discrete tracks" before moving into a "cut-and-paste of tracks varying in length from three seconds to four minutes, the stylistic jump-cuts similar to those employed by the Mothers of Invention in the same era." Among the diverse styles explored on the album include satirical country music ("Ramses II Is Dead My Love"), grandiose classical music ("Burial Waltz"), comedic gospel ("Wide Wide River"), folk rock ("Life Is Strange") and Gregorian chant ("Marijuana"), with choral backing vocals throughout. As with Tenderness Junction, the album begins with a psychedelic rock track, "Crystal Liaison". The love song, which has been compared to the Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band, was released as a single. The album also introduces Sanders' redneck character Johnny Pissoff, who represented a musical style described by Sanders as "beatnik country"; another example of the Fugs working in the genre is "We Don't Allow No Robots in Sunday School". One track recites the word "marijuana" in the style of a Catholic Latin hymn. There were some discarded songs, including "Beautyway", a lengthy song written with composer Burton Green that was named for a Navajo advert, and "The Vision of William Blake's Garden". A lengthy, intricate piece named "Magic Rite" was recorded earlier in 1968 for the album but only appeared in snippet form, under the name "Irene (Peace)". The Fugs also introduced the use of a pair of drummers at this period: founder member Ken Weaver plus new recruit Bob Mason. Despite the changes, the underlying approach of The Fugs remained irreverent and humorous. The album featured a high number of short tracks, many included for their comic value, such as "National Haiku Contest",