 It was voted number 661 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition (2000).According to the album credits, all songs were written by Don Van Vliet.Lyricist Herb Bermann has contested this, claiming to have written the lyrics to the songs "Safe As Milk", "Trust Us," "Gimme Dat Harp Boy," and "Kandy Korn"