 Michel Delville, in his essay "Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and the Secret History of Maximalism" contrasted the tone of "The Torture Never Stops" with Brian Eno's album "".A live solo from the song, called "Rat Tomago", was put on the 1979 album "Sheik Yerbouti".Like "The Torture Never Stops", it contains the same basic structure, bass line, and female moaning.