Before the release of Welcome to the Monkey House, the band had been pressing for a version mixed by Elevado, whose credits include D'Angelo's Brown Sugar, The Roots' The Roots Come Alive, Common's Like Water for Chocolate and Alicia Keys' Songs in A Minor, along with some others.

"[4] All tracks are written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except as notedThe album received a lukewarm critical reception in comparison to Welcome to the Monkey House.

Club, which praised Monkey House, called this mix "basically a tasteful killjoy.

The bass is reduced to human levels, most of the synths are purged and the drums sound thin and trembly.

The first Monkey House is full of consistently aggressive hook-mongering; this version is all deliberately becalmed jamming and repetition.