I Just listened to this for the first time on spotify, having previously only listened to comicopera (which I think's great). I quite enjoyed it, it gets 62 cool points for getting Ivor Cutler a record deal. Pitchfork's review of it is truly awful.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8751-rock-bottom/

"what's this old codger really all about? Is he punk? Is he prog? Is he psychedelic? And most importantly, is he really cool?"

Fuck off.