[2] This was to be their highest placed album in the charts and was certified silver by the BPI for sales of over 60,000 copies.

[3] The style of the album moved further away from their post-punk roots and further into pop music, aided by their decision to include a cover version of Neil Diamond's MOR hit "Song Sung Blue", which was released as a fourth single only in Holland.

Other countries, such as Australia and Spain, included the band's previous hit single "Happy Birthday" as part of a re-shuffled running order on the LP.

Melody Maker criticised the album for being overly commercial, Sounds claimed that it lacked soul, and Smash Hits' Neil Tennant deemed it a "big disappointment".

[9][7] Retrospectively, AllMusic praised the singles "I Could Be Happy" and "See Those Eyes", but added that the inclusion of "Song Sung Blue" was "a mistake.