Red Flag (album) April 2014 after the In a World Like This Tour. All Saints decided that they would not pursue a studio album had they not believed in the music they recorded. This was especially important for Blatt who considered the "Studio 1" era and Parlophone contract fraudulent. In an interview for "i-D", group member Shaznay Lewis said the comeback was about the group's relationship with each other and "nothing to do with the industry, or making money, or selling records". Unlike with the group's previous albums, "Red Flag"s recording happened casually and on good terms; Lewis stated it would have been
Black Coffee (All Saints song) and Nichols all agreed to. After much time had passed since the recording arrangement, Nichols stressed whether All Saints were going to record the song at all. Over 40 songs were written for the group's second album, "Saints & Sinners", for which William Orbit was enlisted to produce, but Orbit's popularity at the time made it difficult for All Saints to meet with him in studio. It was only after the release of the album's lead single "Pure Shores" in February 2000 that they began working on a follow-up together. Orbit along with Lewis and group member Melanie Blatt gave