The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn describes the album as a mix of "African rhythms, township melodies, and the Ensemble's usual array of blistering solos, vocal effects, percussive colors, and furious collective improvisations".
The composer was inspired by the classical orchestral works of George Gershwin along with various percussive rhythms utilized throughout South America while composing this opus.
This record saw a new group of session musicians participating in the production, although Robin Jones was still around to record percussive layers that support the songs rhythm structure.
Through the use of modulators with frequencies that are non-integer multiples of the carrier signal (i.e. non harmonic), atonal and tonal bell-like and percussive sounds can easily be created.
His percussive guitar style has drawn comparison to John Martyn, José González and Bert Jansch.
Best known for his work with German pop musicians Bert Kaempfert, James Last and Freddy Quinn, Geisler developed the distinctive “Knack-Bass” percussive bass sound that helped popularize the Bert Kaempfert Orchestra.
The elevator percussive organ music Mr. Bean dances to in the hotel lobby resembles the Mario Paint "pushups" song and was used in a WLIW intro.
"Should I Go" is built on percussive beats, syncopated handclaps and a piano riff that samples British alternative rock band Coldplay's song "Clocks", written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, and Chris Martin for their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002).
The group performed a purely percussive track written for the event by Roger Taylor with SOS in Morse code being the prime motif, and finishing with the drum solo from Queen's We Will Rock You to open the Live Earth show in London.
"Fly Away" had earlier been released on a Marmalade record label sampler, 100 Proof as "To Fly Away", credited to Godley, while the opening lines and percussive rhythm of "Run Baby Run" were later reworked to become the basis for "Art For Art's Sake" on the 10cc album How Dare You!.