The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in February 2000.

is a song dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide, and is meant to be a criticism and denouncing of the Turkish Government.

The cover artwork is from a 1928 anti-fascist poster designed by visual artist John Heartfield for the Communist Party of Germany.

"[7] This slogan inspired part of the text contained on the back of the album: "The hand has five fingers, capable and powerful, with the ability to destroy as well as create".

The artwork also bears a close resemblance to the cover of George Harrison's album Living in the Material World.