"[2] Upon its release, David Quantick of NME remarked, "OMD this week don't know if they are a jovial Hazell Dean group or some wistful Enoesque melancholy merchants.

"[3] Andrew Hirst of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner picked "Pandora's Box" as the "Single of the Week", observing a "slice of synthesizer sophistication" whose "peculiar guitar twang really makes it".

[4] Alan Jones, writing for Music Week, called it a "melodic, bouncy pop song" that is "entrancing and addictive" and "should easily maintain their renewed impetus".

[7] In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Dave Thompson noted a "fabulous dance-fired arrangement", a "jubilant melody" and a "bounding rhythm that defies efforts not to dance along".

[8] The music video for "Pandora's Box" is in black and white and features Louise Brooks and singer Andy McCluskey.