[3] The album spawned only two singles; "Too Many People", which was released a week before the album on 5 November, and "Weightless", which followed on 4 February 2008.

The album is the band's lowest charting release to date, only peaking at #42 on the UK Albums Chart.

The album artwork was designed by Klaus Voormann, who also designed the artwork for The Beatles album Revolver.

A total of sixteen new tracks were released as part of the album campaign; eleven on the album itself, and five additional new tracks as B-sides.

An orchestral version of "Eyes Wide Open" appears as a hidden track on physical copies of the album.