The instrumental piece "From the Undertow" was used in the 1978 British film The Shout, for which Banks, with Mike Rutherford, composed the incidental music.

"[5] Hentschel eventually recovered in time to oversee the final overdubs and mixing at Maison Rouge Studios in London.

[4] The album was re-released on 19 October 2009,[6] remixed from the original masters by Nick Davis, who also created a 5.1 DTS 96/24 surround mix which is available on the second disc of the deluxe edition.

[8] AllMusic gave a positive retrospective review, asserting that "Banks manages to capture the wonderment and allure that enveloped Genesis' Peter Gabriel days... yet he filters out the instrumental intricacies, unorthodox time signatures, and complex poetry which enveloped these works to create a milder but equally effective progressive realm [sic]."

They praised the album for lacking the instrumental pretentiousness that most would have expected, instead focusing on strong progressive rock compositions.