 The album includes covers of songs by The Normal, The Pretenders, Roxy Music, Smokey Robinson, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Jacques Higelin.Blackwell intended to make a record with "a harsh sound that was heavy with Jamaican rhythm".Sly Dunbar revealed that "Warm 
Leatherette", the first song on the album, was also the first to be recorded with Jones.