 The album was released after the band's decision to abandon an already-complete live album and was recorded and mixed in 10 days.Guitarist Marty Willson-Piper said the band had played several covers in its gigs over the years, including "The Porpoise Song", "It's All Too Much" and "Cortez the Killer" – "and we thought, why not put them on a record.So we came along with our own ideas.