 It included two low-charting singles, the title track (which reached ) and "The King of Nothing", which reached .The project originated when Lana Bogan, wife of recording engineer Joseph Bogan, watched a TV documentary on abortion and she was inspired to write a poem from the perspective of the terminated fetus.According to Dash Crofts, Warner Bros. tried to warn them not to release the album, because the subject of abortion was highly controversial.