[1] Its sound is noted for being extremely sparse and minimal; AllMusic called it "quite possibly the most quiet and intimate record ever made".

[11] Engineer Phill Brown, who also recorded Laughing Stock, stated that, compared to the final Talk Talk album, which he considered "one of [his] best projects" but "dark and claustrophobic",[12] he found the solo release "the opposite…- open, restful and at times fantastically beautiful".

[14] "A Life (1895 - 1915)", which has been called "the album's epic centrepiece"[15] refers to Roland Leighton (1895–1915),[16] a British soldier and poet who was the fiancé of Vera Brittain at the time of his death in World War I.

[15] Hollis has stated about the song, "That was someone born before the turn of the century…and dying within one year of the First World War at a young age.

The cover photo, taken by Stephen Lovell-Davis, is of southern Italy Easter bread designed to resemble the lamb of god.