 In a 2013 online poll, "The Pacific Age" was voted the 46th best album of 1986 based on the opinions of almost 53,000 respondents.Frontman Andy McCluskey said that on "The Pacific Age", the band had "lost the plot" due to being afforded "no real time to take stock and write some decent material"; he also feels that the album's production "just doesn't sound like [OMD]".McCluskey noted that the record features tracks he wishes the band had never released.