Recorded at Wessex Studios in London from 1987-88, and many hours of improvised performances that drew on elements of rock, jazz, classical and ambient music. It became a radical departure from their more accessible poppier albums like It’s My Life and The Party’s Over. Lead singer and frontman Mark Hollis cited jazz artists like Miles Davis and John Coltrane as major influences. The album and the 1991 follow-up Laughing Stock would go down as big influences to the genre post-rock.