The album was originally mixed by Grammy Award-winning soul engineer Russell Elevado, but Capitol Records, the band's label at the time, were unhappy with releasing it, and it was shelved, contrary to the band's wishes. The released version is instead a more polished, synthpop-influenced mix by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran. The Elevado mix was released as The Dandy Warhols Are Sound in 2009. The album is partly named after Kurt Vonnegut's short story of the same name. The album cover painting is by Ron English and is a prime example of that artist's signature mash-up style – the visual Read more on Last.fm.