career-spanning box set The Gathering Sound (2012), alongside demos of "Sit Down" and "How Was It for You", and Come Home Live on DVD. Gold Mother was reissued on CD in 2001, with the 1991 track listing, alongside the addition of "Crescendo", "Hang On", a remix of "Come Home", and live versions of "Lose Control" and "Sit Down". Gold Mother was re-pressed on vinyl in 2017, with the 1991 track listing, alongside the inclusion of "Crescendo", "Hang On", and the version of "Come Home" that was replaced on the re-issue. Reception Gold Mother was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. ZigZag writer David Giles called the album the band's "finest collection of songs" since Stutter, adding that they "may be slightly less adventurous melodically" than their earlier work, "but age certainly hasn't dampened their ardour." Simon Williams of NME wrote that Gold Mother was "a bold, brazenly confident of promises made" by the band's early tracks: "a multi-tiered extravaganza of organically upbeat intuition which challenges and chills with one hand and comforts with the other." AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted that while "a few of the tracks captured the sprawling, epic that James wished to achieve," the band had "difficulty writing convincing material, and they aren't nearly as interesting as they were when they concentrated on jangling folk-pop [as seen in their early releases]." Sounds Sam King said the album sees the band's "inherent wariness surface amid some of their most and ... least satisfying moments to date." He explained that the majority of Gold Mother "fails to live up to ... [the] heady standards" of the first few tracks, as it showcases "misjudged pre-'90s indie drivel." Martin Aston of Q wrote that the album "bears all the signs of intelligence and sensitivity, but it's still not the totally rewarding album James are capable of mining." Gold Mother was placed by NME and Melody Maker at number 5 and 47, respectively, on their album of the year lists. The original release of Gold Mother reached number 16 in the UK, while the 1991 re-released peaked at number 2. "Come Home" initially charted at number 84, while the Flood mix peaked at number 32. "How Was It for You" peaked at number 32, "Lose Control" peaked at number 38, and "Sit Down" peaked at number 2. Gold Mother was later certified gold in the UK, and "Sit Down"