[6] It also features vocal samples from contemporary and traditional folk artists, some of whom Chumbawamba would go on to work with in the future.

The album's artwork pays a homage to the I Have Nothing to Say And I'm Saying It poster designed by Alan Fletcher, which was in turn a self-portrait of German Dadaist John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfelde).

"[2] Music critic Robert Christgau dismissed the album as containing "faux-slick truths about real world horror", singling out "All in Vain" and "Don't Pass Go" as highlights.

The Fight Game, a 1963 radio ballad, opening quote ("Anybody can press a button") In a statement on their website, Chumbawamba stated that "When we decided to mimic Moby's sampling of traditional black American blues singers on his album Play, we turned to British folk music and its great voices.

Trying to be part of a radical tradition that, for us, encompasses our own histories (mostly northern working towns, The Beatles and punk rock!)