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All tracks are by Alison and Jim Shaw; Giles Hall, Tony Jones and Neil Simons assisted, Blue Source designed the sleeve, and the cover art is Edgar Degas's Blue Dancers. It was the first release of a planned double set mixing regular songs with material inspired by Sartre's The Flies, which became the Orestes and Electre album. It reached 5 on the UK Independent Albums chart. Trouser Press's Greg Fasolino called it the most accomplished and diverse disc to date, and AllMusic's Ned Raggett gave 4 stars; The Big Takeover says it travels the globe musically, adding xylophone and orchestral strings. The US edition adds a Brauer mix of "Shining Road" and Flood mixes of "Paris and Rome" and "Lilies". We found no studio or dates.