[1][2][3] It has been called one of the greatest Japanese rock albums of all time, including by Rolling Stone Japan.

Several songs on A Long Vacation were influenced by American record producer Phil Spector and his Wall of Sound formula.

But the closing track, "Farewell Trans-Siberian Railway", was intended as a tribute to English record producer Joe Meek.

Nagai said Ohtaki approached him to collaborate on a picture book, also titled A Long Vacation, which was published in 1979.

[10] A two-disc 30th anniversary edition was released on March 21, 2011 with the instrumental material plus the single and "Original Basic Track" versions of "Kimi wa Tennen Shoku".

[14] In its September 2010 special issue, Record Collectors' Magazine named it first on their list of the Best 100 Japanese Rock Albums of the 1980s.

He cited innovative moments such as "chirpy synth effects" on "Fun x 4" as the song switches styles and the male and female vocals on "Velvet Motel" finishing each-others lines.

[18] "Kimi wa Tennen Shoku" was covered by Takaya Kawasaki for the 2021 Takashi Matsumoto tribute album Take Me to Kazemachi!.