- Channel Hop: Talk Talk shifted over to the Polydor-owned Verve Records for this album, having previously been released from EMI as the result of a contractual dispute that led to a legal battle against the label, which the band won. Because the band wasn't planning to keep trucking on for much longer by this point, they worked out a deal for just two albums with Polydor— frontman Mark Hollis provided the second in the form of his sole 1998 solo album, released directly through Polydor themselves; the album was originally intended to be released under attribution to Talk Talk before being rebranded as a Hollis solo album.
- Referenced by...: The drum track from "New Grass" was sampled in UNKLE and Thom Yorke's 1998 collaboration "Rabbit in Your Headlights".
- Throw It In!: "Ascension Day" was nearly 12 minutes long, but the recording suddenly stopped at the 6-minute mark. Due to the improvisational nature of the album, the take was kept.
- Trope Maker: This album, as well as Talk Talk's previous effort, Spirit of Eden, is often cited as one for Post-Rock.
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