[4] The album's first single, "Hey, Soul Sister", which marked a return to the group's folk-rock roots, was released to digital retailers on August 11, 2009.

It is also the band's highest-peaking single to date in their native United States, as well as Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and New Zealand.

[5] Despite debuting in the Top Ten of the Billboard 200 and garnering numerous positive reviews, the band's previous album, For Me, It's You, was a commercial failure, lacking longevity on the aforementioned chart and being the first Train album to fail to garner an RIAA certification or spawn a Billboard Hot 100-charting single.

Despite garnering positive reviews, the album was a commercial failure, debuting and peaking at a disappointing #82 on the Billboard 200 composite chart.

Lead singer and lyricist Pat Monahan attributed the band's new-found momentum to approaching their work ethic with a happy disposition:[7] (It was), 'Let's just make this record from our hearts and not worry about the rest.

And for maybe the first time in our careers, we stopped trying to write hit songs and were coming from a place of love.The recording sessions, according to the band, also marked a return to the band's roots; both musically as well as culturally to their native San Francisco:[6] So our goal with this record was to get back to our San Francisco vibe that we had when we made our first album.

The album quickly descended the chart in subsequent weeks until, at one point, it exited the Billboard 200 altogether.