The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on June 10, 1967, peaked at No. 4, and remained on the chart for a total of 28 weeks. The album included the No. 2 hit, "The Cold Hard Facts of Life".[2]
AllMusic gave the album a rating of four stars.[3] Reviewer Dan Cooper called it "good, straight-ahead country" and referred to the cover art as "the hillbilly graphics howler of all time."[3]