[2] Fontana refused and the record instead became a single album, with the revised title of Paradise Circus, made up of twelve tracks written by Stephen and one by Nick.

[1] Many of the instrumentals that were recorded during the sessions instead saw release on the B-sides of the singles taken from Paradise Circus and its follow-up & Love for All, and on the first album by Nick Duffy's spin-off band Bait.

[5][6] When Paradise Circus was reissued in 2006, its bonus tracks included an additional twelve instrumentals from the recording sessions that had been intended for the proposed double album.

[8] The second track, "The Lost Girl in the Midnight Sun", begins slowly, before building with gently ringing acoustic guitars, banjo, horns, and occasional piano.

[10] "If the Stars Shine Tonight" has an anti-religion theme to its lyrics, with musical accompaniment that Duffy has called, "a blizzard of brass and pedal steel guitars".

Any person who's suffered at the hands of infidelity or fallen out of love will relate to Duffy's words and perhaps marvel at how precisely the band has hit the nail on the head in presenting the emotions inherent in a crumbling relationship.

[2] DiGravina has stated his opinion that the prominent horns featured on the track sound, "a bit at odds with the remainder of the album", although he did call the song, "a delightful four minutes".

[15] "Father Mother Wife and Child" incorporates the sound of the machinations and tick of Big Ben, and was inspired by the 1987 film Wings of Desire and the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke.