Keen to capitalise on the positive critical reception awarded to "A Walk Across the Rooftops", Linn sent the band back to Castlesound studio early in 1985 to produce a quick follow-up record. However, as the band later admitted, they had no new material ready to record, and were not happy with the songs they were producing under pressure in the studio. The lack of progress led to stress and arguments among the band members, and matters were not helped when Virgin Records, to whom Linn had licensed the band's records, began legal proceedings against the group and their label for not producing the new material stipulated in the licensing agreement. After two years with almost nothing to show for their efforts, the band were forced to vacate the studio to make way for another band, and had to return home to Glasgow. Away from the pressures of the studio, the group overcame their writer's block, and when they eventually returned to Castlesound in 1988, they were able to rapidly complete their new album.