The Original Sin actually garnered a rave review from Rolling Stone's David Fricke and was included as number 11 on Melody Maker's Best Albums of 1979 list alongside Michael Jackson's Off The Wall, The Clash's London Calling, Talking Heads' Fear of Music and Elvis Costello's Armed Forces.
Six months after the release of the album, only keyboardist Evan Charles and singer Ken Lockie remained from the lineup.