Production
It is the first New Order album recorded without Gillian Gilbert who left the band in 2001 to look after her family. Her replacement, Phil Cunningham, primarily a guitarist, makes his recording and co-writing debut on this LP. He had however been playing live with the band since the Get Ready tour of 2001-2002. The album was recorded at Real World studios in 2003-2004; the production costs totalled ₤700,000. During the sessions, the band also recorded songs intended for their next album, which was never finished with these 7 songs being shelved (one of them, "Hellbent", was eventually released in 2011).
This album was the first and only New Order album to have a title track. This matches their current trend of now using song titles which are in the song lyrics, a practise New Order rarely did before their 2001 album Get Ready. The Japanese release of this album includes several extra tracks; all are versions of "Krafty," including one sung in Japanese. This was the first time that lead singer Bernard Sumner performed in a language other than English on record. The lyrics were written by Masafumi Gotō. The US release of this album includes only one extra track, a remix of "Guilt Is a Useless Emotion".
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