[11] The first 20,000 copies of Flaunt It were released in a special edition box, based on Japanese toy robot packaging, and came with a 12-page booklet.

Also James' idea was to release "Sex Bomb Boogie" as a video-only single in the UK, which made it ineligible to chart.

Reviewing for Record Mirror, Roger Morton wrote that "it was a mistake to put out 'the album' at all" and that "somebody should have told Giorgio Moroder what a wild, writhing sex flash this was supposed to be, because most of it sounds pretty tame."

He concluded that it "doesn't mean it's a dead horse that Tony's flaunting, but the tired old rock'n'roll nag is bound to limp a bit under the weight of all that techno-junk clutter and global domination boasting.

"[4] Reviewing for Smash Hits, Tom Hibbert wrote that "apart from one attempt at "atmospherics", "Atari Baby", the whole thing proceeds at an identical pace and similar jerky level and, once you've got the joke, it's really quite enjoyable: not as good as Adam Ant but a birrovalaff anyway – even if you do know that it'll all sound horrendously dated by this time next year.

"[3] All tracks are written by Tony James, Martin Degville and Neal Whitmore, except where notedSigue Sigue Sputnik Technical "Love Missile F1-11" was used in the 1986 hit film Ferris Bueller's Day Off and the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Pop Will Eat Itself released a cover of "Love Missile F1-11" as a single in May 1987, before including it on their debut studio album Box Frenzy in 1988.