The Only Fun in Town

LTM says it was recorded in six short days in an eight-track studio; Wikipedia says two days. The studio and producer are unnamed in every source we read, though English Wikipedia names the producers as the band and Marc Francois. Haig mixed his own vocals low and regretted it, and told LTM he thought they had committed commercial suicide. Melody Maker praised it, Sounds gave it 1 of 5 and called it a tragedy of manners, and NME's Paul Morley called it an artificial paradise totally bungled; AllMusic gave 4 of 5.

Les Disques du Crepuscule reissued it in 2014 with the whole shelved Sorry for Laughing as a bonus CD and a double vinyl with a Peel session; Mojo gave it 4 of 5. The Arts Desk's Kieron Tyler wrote that the shelved version is less impactful, less wired and less assured.