"[1][2] According to Trouser Press, Wobble "accentuates his reggae pretensions, fiddles with electronics and overdubbing and plays shadowy, threatening bass.

[1][4] Virgin Records' 1990 CD reissue of the album features seven bonus tracks, including a horn-laden remix of "Today Is the First Day.

"[2] Allmusic critic Andy Kellman panned the Wobble's vocals on the album, describing them as "awful, most resembling a liquored up Colin Newman."

The Legend Lives On's finer moments often occur when Wobble's mouth is shut, or when he chants rather than sings.

"[2] Trouser Press similarly criticized the vocals, while at the same time regarding it as "a return to the DIY, no-rules punk tradition.