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Each of the eight songs is made of four stereo tracks, one on each disc, and the discs can also be played in other combinations. The title joins Zaire, which Coyne chose as a symbol of anarchy after a radio story about the country's political instability, with Eureka. Work began in April 1997 at the then-new Tarbox Road Studios, and the band began to finish songs once they learned to write for the medium instead of splitting ordinary songs across four discs. Songs that did not work in the format, including Race for the Prize, were kept for The Soft Bulletin.

Warner Bros. was wary, so manager Scott Booker worked out that the label would break even at 12,000 copies. Advance orders reached 14,000. The label agreed to release it with a $200,000 advance covering this record and The Soft Bulletin, and 28,000 copies had sold by 2006. There was no conventional tour. The band instead held Boom Box Experiments, in which people with boom boxes were directed by Coyne and Drozd. Coyne later said in liner notes that it was meant for other artists, musicians and producers to listen to.