It became a double platinum-selling record that reached the top 10 of the albums chart in Australia and won the 1997 ARIA Award for Best Alternative Release.

In an interview with Rolling Stone Australia, English remarked, "We were a pretty unlikely hit band," and "[We had] two singers and this genre spread where people couldn't quite pin down what we were doing.

A good example of this is the track "Goin Off" where Janet's vocals were done with an old German AKG mike that dated back to the 1950s.

Paul's production on "Don't Kill Nipper" and "Conjunctivitis" show the trashy side of the band.

In between the recordings, the band embarked on their first overseas tour through Canada and the U.S. Ivy was a turning point for the group.

[5] The album peaked at #2 on the national charts, and the third single Calypso became the band's largest seller, going gold in 1997.