[1][2] On 14 March 2014 the group issued an expanded 2× CD version, which reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 100.

Within a few weeks the quartet were playing on an almost nightly basis at venues across Sydney’s pub and club circuit.

[3][5] Their first release in June, on that label, was the lead single, "Happy Man", from the album which debuted at No.

Peter concluded that in hindsight the songs on the record betray Jeremy's troubled soul.

[12] Garry Raffaele of The Canberra Times reviewed Sunnyboys in October 1981 and felt that "'Happy Man', the single, is still, in my view, their best.

"[14] He continued, that they are "a band breaking out of mediocrity and forcing its strong sound, good, urgent rock.

"[14] Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, in 1999 opined that "It remains an Australian rock classic, an album brimming with infectious, danceable R&B-spiced rock'n'roll, impassioned, dynamic songs, a marvellously lighthearted disposition and lashings of youthful exuberance.

"[3] FasterLouder's Anton, in September 2004, believes "every self-respecting Australian music lover needs to own the Sunnyboys' debut, self-titled album.

He states that the "album is almost disconcertingly beautiful, delivering loneliness, alienation and lost hope sung by singer/guitarist Jeremy Oxley and backed by a ludicrously tight band.

", stating "the album hotwires the youthful exuberance and anxiety of Jeremy's songs and delivers them with a visceral powerpop attack, with melodies and harmonies to die for."

and "Every song is a potential single from the moody 'Liar' and 'Let You Go' to the frenetic, hip-shaking 'It's Not Me' and 'Tunnel of Love' to the album's closing track and pièce de résistance 'I'm Shakin''.

"[16] In December 2012 Martin Boulton in the Sydney Morning Herald stated that "the album evokes feelings of lightness and overwhelming joy, while exploring themes of loneliness and alienation.