It was released in November 1986 on the Chrysalis Records "indie" offshoot Blue Guitar.

[2] The album was reissued in 1997 by Overground Records under the title Will Anything Happen, and again on CD by Cherry Red in 2008 with two bonus tracks,[3] both of which had originally appeared on the B-side of the single "I Don't Wanna Be Friends With You".

The album was described by Allmusic's Jason Ankeny as "an essential artefact of its times".

[4] All tracks composed by Shop Assistants; except where noted.

"What a Way to Die" was credited to "unknown", but it is a cover of David Leone's small hit for Pleasure Seekers.