 AllMusic described it as "the marker for goth rock's invasion of the U.K. charts for a good chunk of the late '80s".A remastered version appeared in June 2007 with four bonus tracks, including the original intro to "Love Me to Death" (previously available only on the "Wasteland" video-cd) that had to be cut due to the time constraints of vinyl.Consequently, its insertion has not been taken into account in the track list of the remaster—listing the two tracks as "Love Me to Death (Original Full Length Version)"—and thus all tracks after eleven are mislabelled as being one track ahead of where they actually appear on the album.