 It saw its first release on CD in 1990 on the Great Expectations label (As PIPCD 015), and was reissued in a double-CD package with "Sheep Farming in Barnet" in 2002.The latter release was remastered and included two bonus tracks.Writing for "Smash Hits" in 1980, Red Starr described "The Blue Meaning" as "gutless exhibitionism set to unmemorable rock music".