The album was released initially on vinyl LP, cassette and CD, reaching No.

"Love Don't Come Easy" was the third and final single, just failing to reach the Top 40.

Notes: Lookout management: Elliot Roberts and Barry Dickens Recorded at the Skylight Suite and Mixed Good Earths Studios "A New South Wales" Recorded at BBC Wales Cardiff with the Morriston Orpheus Male Voice Choir and members of the Welsh Symphony Orchestra An edition of the album sung in Welsh called Newid was released in 1989.

Released in 2000, the remastered edition featured a revised track listings, b-sides and previously unreleased recordings, new and original artwork, unseen photos, lyrics, sleeve notes by Mike Peters and interactive programming information to play the album in its original form.

Two-disc release including 16 acoustic tracks from a 1988 L.A. demo session with Mike Peters and Eddie MacDonald and 20+ electric tracks with the full band at the 1988–1989 Kinmell Hall demo sessions in Wales.