 In the post-Nirvana climate of grunge music, the pop rock sound of their previous album "Blow Up" was considered old hat, despite the album including the band's second Top 40 hit single, "Too Much Passion".Butch Vig's departure from the project convinced Capitol's new leadership to drop The Smithereens from the label.The Smithereens planned to start recording on the album in December 1992, but the recording was postponed to February 1993, because of The Smashing Pumpkins album Vig was working on.