Allmusic praised the album for its "melodic appeal" and the band’s "ability to make entirely political lyrics work in a personal, intelligent manner",[12] while the group’s sound was compared to Gang of Four.
The record received more mixed reviews than the first; it was praised by the NME[15] but Popmatters criticised the album for failing to capture the live energy of the band,[16] albeit while making favourable comparisons to both Minutemen and Fugazi, the latter of whom Red Monkey supported on their American tours.
[1] Dale started work as a music teacher, and later as a lecturer at Oxford Brookes University,[19] while continuing to play in long term side project Milky Wimpshake[20] and also, immediately following Red Monkey, in a band called Chronicity.
[1] Red Monkey reformed for a night to play a Slampt Records retrospective event in Newcastle in 2008, alongside a new generation of post riot-grrrl bands which they and their label helped influence.
[21][22][23] In 2014, Berlin-based label Our Voltage released a Red Monkey singles and rarities compilation, calling it "posthumous post-punk.. by one of England’s finest Post-RiotGrrrl-Outfits".