The album includes contributions from Rick Danko and Garth Hudson of The Band, as well as U2 and Peter Gabriel, both of whom had worked with Lanois. U2 was recording The Joshua Tree concurrent to the early stages of this album, and Gabriel had recorded So the previous year.
The album includes contributions from Rick Danko and Garth Hudson of The Band, as well as U2 and Peter Gabriel, all of whom have collaborated with Lanois. Concurrently, U2 was in the midst of recording The Joshua Tree, while Gabriel had recently completed work on So.