and The Fire Engines and fusions of hip hop and pop music.

Elvidge's lyrics on the album are harsh in their critique of the Margaret Thatcher–Ronald Reagan era and American militarism. Each song features lyrical exclamations and shouted slogans that have been compared to terrace chants; The Quietus felt the shouted slogans are "a style that seems political in itself" which help highlight the otherwise highly germane songs. "Don't Get Mad...Get Even!" reflects the influence of house music, featuring both beats and bass-lines in a New York house style. Gray's brother Trevor played keyboards on the song, taking influence from the house music played at nightclubs that Watson performed at. "Ready or Not Here We Come" features satirical lyrics concerning American military adventurism, while "Hold On" was pitched tohe also called the album "a triumph." In 2005, The Word included the album in the second part of their "Hidden Treasure: Great Underrated Albums of Our Time" list, having been chosen for inclusion by broadcaster Andrew Collins.

Legacy
Despite being commercially unsuccessful upon release, One Thousand Years of Trouble has been cited as a groundbreaking and influential album, anticipating the musical direction of several bands later on in the 1980s. Batey wrote that, "with the exception of Big Audio Dynamite, no-one else was doing anything in quite the same area in 1987," writing that Age of Chance "set a template others followed." Pop Will Eat Itself began using samples in their music, Carter USM became fans of the band and EMF and Jesus Jones had worldwide hits which fused