Recording
Much of the album was made up of old demos that only took two weeks to make. Many of these demos came from the The Fake Sound of Progress EP. Songs like "MOAC Supreme" became "A Thousand Apologies" and "Directions" was used as a B-side for their debut single "Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja". Because of the albums short recording process, they didn't think it truly reflected their abilities as a band. This is why they called their second studio album Start Something, as they felt it better reflected their music abilities.
The album was recorded in one week for around £4000, and while originally intended as a demo went on to be released on Visible Noise Records. When the band signed to Columbia Records in 2001 it was partly re-recorded, remixed and re-released (notably combining many of the between track interludes into the end of songs, shortening the tracklisting) much to the chagrin of fans of the earlier release. Furthermore, the title track of the album, in addition to being partially re-recorded, was sped up significantly. This re-released version of the album was released in 2001 in the UK and US respectively. The re-released remastered album was produced by famous producer Michael Barbiero.
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