38 in the UK Albums Chart and spawned the single "Statue of Liberty", which was banned by BBC Radio 1 for the lyric "In my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt".

In a 2009 interview, Andy Partridge stated, "We couldn't think of any better way to start off our first album than with the 'kick the door in', breezy opener we used in our live set... the lyrics are very silly, picked for their sonic effect rather than meaning.

"[4] The song is considered representative of the band's "agitated amphetamine rock" style of their earlier works, though others would call it "relatively tame mod-pop".

"[7] In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Chris Woodstra said, "More dissonant than their latter period, the young band shines with directionless energy and a good sense of humor.

"[8] Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune later called the album "quirky" and "pithy",[9] while Annie Zaleski of Salon later deemed it "a giddy and (yes) impossible-to-pigeonhole debut" that's "exhilarating and, truth be told, almost exhausting to absorb, simply because it's so relentless and energetic.