The version of "Blue" on the original U.S. and Canadian vinyl LP and cassette was re-mixed and edited in an attempt to boost its commercial appeal.

The re-mix version features additional electronically processed percussion overdubs, giving it a sound more typical of 1980s synthpop hits.

[citation needed] Sounds writer Carole Linfield gave it a four and a half out of five rating.

[5] Stewart Mason, in an AllMusic retrospective review, commented that the album "is a powerful and satisfying debut".

[2] Spin said, "The lyrical content on most cuts isn't terribly complicated, one thought turned around a few times; but the sparseness lays snug next to the inlays and wrap-arounds of Gift's voice, along with the more than competent instrumental work, forever keeping the vocals buoyed up.