In 2012, Garbage stated that the album was released as a contractual obligation to Warner Music: "This was the final straw that broke our backs", Manson said. "The record company we had been sold to in the U.K. demanded that we release a 'greatest hits' in order to meet their quarterly requirements. We were not in a position to stop it. As a result, they shoved this collection out with no promotion whatsoever. It was right there and then that we realized how crazy and out of whack things had gotten." Garbage remained on hiatus for a further three years until regrouping to record their fifth studio album, "Not Your Kind of People", released in 2012.