[6] Following the unexpected success of the group's 1979 singles—covers of "Summertime Blues" and "Money"—David Cunningham and Deborah Evans were offered a deal with Virgin Records.

[7] New material for the album featured improvisational musicians Steve Beresford and David Toop.

[7] The album encompasses "dub-style audio experiments" and "bent interpretations of pop music constructs.

"[7] Critic Simon Reynolds called it "an exercise in pop absurdism" which included "a Brecht-Weill cover, Sanskrit chants, found sounds, and unlikely instrumental textures" alongside "Cunningham's penchant for excessive studio processing and daft effects.

"Money (That's What I Want)" (single edit) - 2:32 General Strike are David Toop and Steve Beresford, who also made the album Danger In Paradise with David Cunningham in the years 1979-1982[11]