Editing Truth and Soul (section)

==Reception==
Contemporary reviews of ''Truth and Soul'' were generally mixed to positive. David Silverman for the ''Chicago Tribune'' gave the album a mixed review saying that the blend of musical styles hurts the album "despite the band's talent."<ref>{{cite news|author=Silverman, David|title= Talented Sextet Fishbone in Need of Right Angling|work=Chicago Tribune|date=October 16, 1988|via=ProQuest}}</ref> In a separate review for the same newspaper, Chris Heim positively reviewed the record, especially in light of it being only the band's sophomore effort, calling the record "fresh, assured and bursting with ideas and energy [that] seem like it should come from more experienced musicians."<ref>{{cite news|author=Heim, Chris|title=Ambitious Artists Put New Life in some Old Musical Styles|work=Chicago Tribune|date=October 7, 1988|via=ProQuest}}</ref> Netherlands music magazine ''[[OOR]]'' awarded the album as the twenty-second best rock album of the year out of 154 entries.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/1988.htm| title=OOR – Albums of the Year| accessdate=December 3, 2009 |publisher=[[Muziekkrant OOR|OOR]]}}</ref>

Retrospective reviews were generally positive. Reviewing the album for [[AllMusic]], Greg Prato awarded the album four-and-a-half stars out of five and noted that, as Fishbone's first significant use of hard rock, guitarist Kendall Jones' guitar-playing yielded "often-spectacular results."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|title=allmusic ((( ''Truth and Soul'' > Review )))|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r37579|pure_url=yes}}|website=[[AllMusic]]|author=Prato, Greg|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref> Robert Christgau gave the album a B rating and said that he didn't think the album flowed well when taken as a whole, but that each song on its own could "change any radio station's pace quite satisfactorily."<ref>Christgau, Robert. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1929 "Fishbone"]. robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 31, 2010.</ref> Additionally, the album was awarded four-out-of-five stars in 2004's ''The New Rolling Stone Album Guide''.<ref>Brackett, Nathan. "Fishbone." ''The New Rolling Stone Album Guide''. November 2004. pg. 298, cited March 31, 2010</ref> Music critic Tom Moon called the album one of his "1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die"<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.1000recordings.com/pdf/1000-recordings.pdf| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105232125/http://www.1000recordings.com/pdf/1000-recordings.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=January 5, 2009| title=Tom Moon – 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die| accessdate=December 3, 2009| publisher=[[Tom Moon]]}}</ref> and Robert Dimery listed it as one of his ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>Dimery, Robert – ''1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die''; page 856</ref>