 He had previously worked with other English, Irish, and Scottish artists such as the singer-songwriters Hugh Cornwell, Gary Numan, and Roger Waters in the 1980s and 1990s.Nina Schultz took the photographs of the group from which the album's cover was picked.In 2005, the album was ranked #465 in the German language book "The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time", which was published by the music magazine "Rock Hard".