Any automation was performed live on old guitar pedals that were also used on Robinson's previous records such as At the Drive-In's Relationship of Command and The Blood Brothers's ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn.
The sound of the album bridges the musical gap between In/Casino/Out and their following album, Relationship of Command.
The vocals and track naming in particular reflect At the Drive-In's Relationship of Command, the last album made by the group.
RAF Bomber Command | Strategic Air Command | Air Training Command | Air Education and Training Command | United States Central Command | IV Fighter Command | Air Defense, Tactical Air Command | Tactical Air Command | United States Pacific Command | Command & Conquer | Command and Staff College | RAF Coastal Command | Bomber Command | Air Force Reserve Command | Aerospace Defense Command | United States Army Training and Doctrine Command | United Nations Command | United States Strategic Command | United States European Command | United States Army Command and General Staff College | Customer relationship management | Apollo Command/Service Module | Air Mobility Command | United States Army Aviation and Missile Command | Unified Combatant Command | South East Asia Command | North American Aerospace Defense Command | Missile Command | Intimate relationship | command |
Its tracks span the band's career from 1997 to 2000, with selections from El Gran Orgo (1997), In/Casino/Out (1998), Vaya (1999), and Relationship of Command (2000), as well as several rare tracks taken from singles and a previously unreleased cover version of The Smiths' "This Night Has Opened My Eyes".