Williams’ debut, 1987's Happy Come Home, received some good critical reviews but made zero commercial impact, selling only fourteen thousand copies.

[4] Her original label Geffen was unimpressed by the nonexistent sales and dropped Victoria,[5] after she fired her manager by mail.

After her split with Geffen, Victoria would record “Don't Let It Bring You Down” for the Neil Young tribute album The Bridge.

[7] Despite many positive critical reviews, the collapse of Rough Trade would mean Swing the Statue!

fared even worse commercially that its predecessor, selling a mere eleven thousand copies.