The cover picture was taken by Jim Rakete during the video shoot for Melrose.
“Melrose largely continued on from where Lily On The Beach left off, with smoothly executed, evocative all-instrumental workouts such as ‘Electric Lion’ and ‘Desert Train’ rolling along like clockwork, and the otherwise plangent ‘Three Bikes In The Sky’ being elevated by one of Edgar Froese’s most eloquent and visceral guitar solos.”
– All Music