sentences:  Vocalist Ian Astbury referred to the record as "very personal, and very revealing" songs about his life, with the subject matter ranging from sexual abuse at the age of 15, to the death of Nigel Preston (friend and former drummer for The Cult), to his directionless years spent in Glasgow in the late 1970s.But the record was barely noticed, only reaching US#69, and UK#21, and then quickly dropping out of sight.Reportedly it reached number one on the charts in Portugal, but quickly dropped out of sight as well.