It debuted at number 119 on the US Billboard 200 chart on its initial December 2010 digital release,[4] selling 15,000 copies in its first week.
[7][8] According to John Taylor, producer Matthew Hager worked on tracks for the March 2011 extended release of the album.
[9] Some of these songs are "Networker Nation", released as a bonus track, and "Early Summer Nerves" and "Too Close to the Sun", appearing only on the Best Buy exclusive edition.
"[20] Sarah Rodman from The Boston Globe praised the album and said "Simon LeBon's still sturdy voice soars over coolly funky backdrops and the grooves are some of the group's most urgent in years.
", was released as a limited-edition seven-inch single for Record Store Day 2011 (16 April 2011) with a remix by David Lynch.
[24] The music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and released on 8 November 2011, featuring appearances by Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova, Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen, and Yasmin Le Bon portraying Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, and Dominic Brown, respectively.
It was officially released for the British market after that BBC Radio 2 apparently refused to play the intended single "Girl Panic!"