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The name of the album was chosen as the band had been watching a lot of westerns on their tour bus, being big fans of Ennio Morricone they decided it was perfect as they go on stage to "Man With The Harmonica". Other titles, now deemed by Archer as "silly" were "Bat Out of Staines" and "Songs In The Key Of Staines".
Tracks on the album include the 70s ska-inspired "We Need Love", and "Tonight". "The latter is a big piano-driven number – it had a few incarnations before it became what it is, but it's about the possibility of night time. "History is made at night." said Archer. Meanwhile, the former harks back to The Specials and was inspired by Billy Bragg's novella "The Progressive Patriot". Other tracks include the R&B-influenced "Can't Get Along (Without You)", "Help Me Please" – a track written about the death of Archer's mother – plus, "I Shall Overcome" which echoes an early The Clash, along with the lead single "Suburban Knights".
The album leaked to peer-to-peer networks on 23 August 2007; however, this did not stop it from going to #1 in its first week of release.
"Tonight" went to #6 in Q's Top 50 Essential Downloads, where they described the song as "Richard Archer's written his first power ballad, all piano, surging chorus and lyrics about "feeling alive". If Chris Martin dropped his aitches, this is what he'd sound like."
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