[1] The band's lead singer, Feargal Sharkey, has opined The Sin of Pride as being "the finest Undertones album.

Largely due to the commercial failure of The Sin of Pride, the Undertones disbanded just four months after the album's release.

Bassist Michael Bradley would reflect in 2009: "It would be untrue to say The Sin of Pride is the sound of the Undertones breaking up, but my memories of the recording sessions are not the happiest.

[6] The rear cover depicts the same location minus the band or any form of illumination or projected imagery.

Although The Sin of Pride received positive reviews in the music press, the album charted at number 43.