Scott has referred to as his favourite film. Three singles were issued from Suburban Rock 'n' Roll: "Zombies", "Suburban Rock 'n' Roll" and "20 Million Miles from Earth". "Suburban Rock 'n' Roll" was the only single that managed to chart in top 75, peaking at a lukewarm #67 in the UK, and the only one to receive an official music video, although an animated clip for "20 Million Miles from Earth" was released on the band's website. The album itself failed to chart altogether. Reception and aftermath Reception to Suburban Rock 'n' Roll was mixed: The Independent reacted to it warmly, calling it a "mature, absorbing work" consisting of "intelligent pop songs in the mould of Pulp and Squeeze, wry refractions of contemporary life which, they'll probably be chagrined to hear, have potential hit appeal". Meanwhile, Dominic Willis of Rock TV wrote "songwriter and head honcho Tommy Scott lets it all flood out with a collection that's high on humour and musical invention. Scott likes to fascinate and confound by mixing and matching genres and, as with his Liverpudlian forebear John Lennon, his interests stretch right back to the British music hall tradition. Thanks to his keen grasp of melody, this makes Suburban Rock 'n' Roll an intriguing listen. Space have lost none of their famed idiosyncrasies, and their odd take on a strange world is as perceptive and entertaining as ever." York Press gave the album three stars stating "Having lost guitarist Jamie Murphy, and parted company with major label Gut Records, the older and wiser Space are back in action on their own terms - but you can't help thinking their time has been and gone." However, they applauded the band's decision to shed much of "the irritating cartoonishness of old" and that they were "now after cult status and creative freedom, not a return to chart success. So Suburban Rock 'n' Roll is not the embarrassment it could have been". However, others such as Chris Long of the BBC were much more critical: "The major mistake lies where it always has with Space, deep in the heart of the ever-so clever clever sub-Paul Heaton witticisms, that hurtle at your ears like a sixth form poetry show. Quite what possessed Randm to put up the cash for Suburban Rock 'n' Roll is anyone's guess, but they really shouldn't have. This is less a case of releasing a new