The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and states: "The two sidelong works ('The Tranquilizer Suite' and 'The Process of Creation Suite') are not all that memorable but the music overall (helped out by strong solos) is typical Silver hard bop".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Horace Silver
"The Tranquilizer Suite Part 1: Keep On Gettin' Up" -
"The Tranquilizer Suite Part 2: Slow Down" -
"The Tranquilizer Suite Part 3: Time And Effort" -
"The Tranquilizer Suite, Part 4: Perseverance And Endurance" -
"The Process Of Creation Suite Part 1: Motivation" -
"The Process Of Creation Suite Part 2: Activation" -
"The Process Of Creation Suite Part 3: Assimilation" -
"The Process Of Creation Suite Part 4: Creation" -
Recorded at A&R Studios, NYC on November 7, 1975 & overdubs at Wally Heider Sound Studio III, Los Angeles, CA on January 2 & 3, 1976.