 "The New York Times" placed "ESG" second on its list of the best EPs and cassettes of 1981, and "The Village Voice" placed the EP third on its Pazz & Jop critics' poll.1982's "ESG Says Dance to the Beat of Moody" EP continued in a similar vein, as did their first album, 1983's "Come Away with ESG".Renee Scroggins retains the rights to ESG's new music and publishing.