 "The Scotsman" ranked the album number 75 in the list of the top 100 Scottish rock and pop albums of all time.John Peel invited the band to record two of his Sessions, once in February 1980 and another in May 1981.The group was part of a literary art-punk scene that centred on a pub called the "Tap o' Lauriston" at 80 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh (near Edinburgh College of Art), along with The Fire Engines and The Cubs.