Justin Currie initially denied having anything to do with The Uncle Devil Show in a statement on the official Del Amitri website in February 2004.
[3] However, the label released the A Terrible Beauty CD with a jewel case sticker that read, "The stunning new band featuring Del Amitri frontman Justin Currie".
This message was incorporated into the language, and song themes, to a degree that prompted the label to release the CD with a parental advisory warning.
In The Del Amitri Story, it is suggested of the "curious" A Terrible Beauty album, that Justin Currie’s fans "didn’t feel they were in on the joke".
[7] Classic Rock magazine described A Terrible Beauty as "a hugely entertaining debut brimming with fine detail", and NME wrote that the album was "truly wonderful".