[5] To promote the album's release, the band embarked on a 32-date UK and Ireland tour during September and October 1980, although four of these dates were cancelled.

The UK edition of the album came with a free bonus 7" single of a new track titled "From the Middle Room", backed by the exclusive b-side "Into The Future".

[7] In a retrospective review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann wrote, "The Tourists' third album found the group continuing to expand its musical horizons, especially by integrating Annie Lennox's keyboards into the mix, while maintaining their basic pop/rock focus.

Peet Coombes's lyrics had an inward-looking, psychoanalytical focus, and Lennox, on her one contribution, "One Step Near the Edge," maintained that introspection, while Dave Stewart brought in a Yardbirds-like raveup in "Let's Take a Walk."

"[8] One of the more favourable music reviews during 1980 came from Sounds magazine, which noted the album showed "greater breadth and sharpness from the two previous offerings, but it's still true that so many of The Tourists' best ideas were other people's 10 years ago.