Crazy Clown Time
[3][7] Lynch's "Fifties-style" guitar sound on Crazy Clown Time often features use of tremolo,[8][9][10] and other effects are used throughout the album, including considerable use of reverb and delay.[1] "Strange and Unproductive Thinking", which includes themes from "cosmic awareness to tooth decay",[5] features lyrics centered around and referencing Transcendental Meditation, a technique Lynch uses and is an advocate of.Describing the process of designing the packaging, Oliver said: "I was aiming for a sexy, kitsch quality with the black suede slipcase and red foil-blocked type."[4] Clash writer Anna Wilson referred to Crazy Clown Time as "a masterful accomplishment" and "beautifully beguiling" and said its production was "as meticulous as the sound design in [Lynch's] movies", rating it eight out of ten.[9] Rating the album a C+ in Consequence of Sound, critic Adam Kivel commented that "[al]though it won't make you think that he's a musician first and a filmmaker second" that Crazy Clown Time's "expressive, emotive features … create a real response in the listener, from familiarity to icy discomfort."[2] Though praising the album's atmosphere and opening track in Rolling Stone, critic Nick Catucci awarded Crazy Clown Time a two-out-of-five-star rating and referred to it as "numbing".