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He added that the album had an underlying theme of distaste for "habits, addictions, [and] impulses that we can't control. Most of the finished album was made up from live takes and demos that were made before recording with Eno. What Is It Good For" was engineered by Pettit and mixed by him, James and Bascombe at House in the Woods and Whitfield. A year after its release, it occurred to Booth that the song was about his son, whose middle name was Daniel, and his goddaughter Grace. It was promoted with an appearance on Top of the Pops and various festivals across three months in the UK, Spain and Portugal.

The following month, the band revealed they were in the process of recording with Brian Eno, [4] doing pre-production.House in the Woods studios; producer credit was split between Brian Eno, guitarist/violinist Saul Davies, KK and the band. Though noting it wasn't as "adventurous" of a release as Wah Wah is, the band made a record "whose songs are often times spacious and funky at the same time. On 6 September, the band announced their departure from Mercury [36] after completing their six-album contract, though they planned to release a compilation and reissue their back catalogue in the future through the label. Andrew Paine of NME considered it the "best James record in a long while and there are some near-inspirational moments. The Shining", "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" and "Alaskan Pipeline" were engineered by James Loughrey.

Two versions were released on CD: one with "Make It Alright" and "So Swell", and the other with "Stand" and a live version of "The Shining".Throughout July and September, the band performed at the T in the Park, Guildford Live, City in the Park, [30] Witnness, [35] Benicàssim, and Annual Youth Music festivals, across the UK, Spain and Portugal. with Jools Holland later that day, [29] and performed "Falling Down" and "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)".