 "GQ on the EQ++" was released on June 19, 2001 on compact disc through the Tigerbeat6 label.The Allmusic review by Ned Raggett awarded the album 4 stars stating "a nice overview of his work between 1997 and 1999".Reviewing the original EP, the "Chicago Reader" referred to it as "more restrained and unified" than his live shows of the era, as well as that "the giddiness remains palpable."