The B-side, "Does Caroline Know", was recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in the summer of 1986.

He noted the melody "will sound familiar" and added that the dangerously Dire Straits-ish guitar solo means it's a cut below, say, 'Life's What You Make It'".

[3] Max Bell of Number One commented, "Talk Talk fans may disagree but when I hear Hollis's brooding adenoidal dramas I feel like giving him a handkerchief.

The band's textures are as haunting as ever and I don't mind the old fashioned echoes of Procol Harum and Traffic.

"[4] Music & Media selected it as one of their "records of the week" in their 22 November 1986 issue and described the song as "bluesy".