He rated the album four stars out of five and named it an "Album Pick". "Dazed Digital" have since described "Liveandirect" as "the first rave album" and therefore also the first rave album released on MCA. Influential graffiti artist Xenz cited "Liveandirect" as an influence, saying: "Having spent most my childhood breakdancing to electro it was only natural that I gravitated to acid house. I loved how this album felt live and just has a different vibe and flow to other stuff at the time." To mark the 20th anniversary of "Liveandirect", Adamski released a re-recording of the album entitled "Vile Acid Rent" (an anagram of the original title) on the Germanys Major label in summer 2009. "Vile Acid Rent" is not a live album but a studio creation, using the same original equipment, melodies and riffs as the original album in conjunction with a contemporary feel and modern software. The album also includes a mashed-up version of his 1999 club hit "One of the People" and a radical recreation of "Killer". "Music News" said that, "in spite of its nostalgic undertones," "Vile Acid Rent" "manages to sound as fresh as anything else that's out there now." US bonus track