Attila's only album was released in 1970, which was critically panned upon release. To date, some consider it the most horrendous rock album ever produced. As written by critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic, now reprinted in the Tampa Bay Times: "Attila undoubtedly is the worst album released in the history of rock & roll — hell, the history of recorded music itself. There have been many bad ideas in rock, but none match the colossal stupidity of Attila."
Joel himself has criticized his attempt at prog-rock, calling the project "psychedelic bullshit", per Allmusic. "We were heavy metal, we were going to destroy the world with amplification," Joel said in a 1985 interview with Dan Neer. "A lot of people think [I] just came out of the piano bar. Looking back in a 2012 interview with Alec Baldwin, Joel elaborated that when they did gigs, "... people went fleeing from the place. We were so loud. You could see blood coming out of people's ears. It was just horrible. Thank God it didn't happen because I would've screamed myself right out of the business." Needless to say, they weren't a popular band.
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