Rolling Stone (12/26/96, p.190) - "...underneath the overheated-amp noise and megaphone-vocal gargling of the bad old days, the Butthole Surfers were basically a hot Texas-boogie band with a primitivist lead singer. In that sense, ELECTRICLARRYLAND is squarely in the tradition." Spin (6/96, pp.111-112) - 7 - Flawed Yet Worthy - "...the Buttholes emerged from the rubble of deconstruction better musicians, if trapped in the no-man's land between tribute and irony....ELECTRICLARRYLAND is the rock-solid rock album you knew they always had in them..." Entertainment Weekly (6/21/96, p.66) - "...there's enough weirdness in the album's punk, pop, psychedelic, and trip-hop to satisfy the heaviest acid casualty." - Rating: B Q (7/96, p.107) - 3 Stars - Good - "...the Texans have mutated into a self-consciously weird mainstream band....another pleasant...agglomeration of the sweetly freaky,...the doomily menacing,...the skewed and grungy....and the nuttily kitsch..." Option (9-10/96, p.96) - "...this is a great record. Perhaps more than any other band to emerge from the post-punk underground, the Austin combo has grown to incorporate a wild range of influences--from rap to industrial to country rock--without losing any of the perverse intensity that's driven their music..."