The album's sound constitutes a significant change in style from the heavy analogue synth arrangements of Numan's earlier hit releases. Side One of the album consists of four long, sparse, slow-tempo minimalist songs, with the rhythm tracks based largely around muted drum machine patterns. The style is not dissimilar to some of the more ambient work by Brian Eno, particularly his solo album "Another Green World" and collaborations with David Bowie on "Low" and ""Heroes"", and tracks by the band Japan such as '"The Tenant" and "Despair". Side Two of the album contains shorter, more conventional songs. One of these, "Moral", is a contrafactum, adapting the tune from Numan's 1979 song "Metal", changing its lyrics into an attack on the New Romantic movement.