Due to errors made when the album was pressed, the track listings for tracks 4 and 5 on the sleeve are out of sorts. A mastering error has two songs back to back on track 4, "Hopeful" and then "Her Majesty's trusted food taster". Track 5 is mislabeled, and is actually "Castaway". This is evidenced with an entry entitled "Castaway" in Edward Ka-spel's book, Love and Loud Colours, with lyrics that are identical with track 5. Read more on Last.fm.
The Tear Garden was formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1985, after Key served as a sound engineer on tour in Canada for Ka-Spel. Various other "guests" from Skinny Puppy and the Pink Dots appear on future albums The band released EPs in 1985 and 1986, combined on 1987's full length, Tired Eyes Slowly Burning. Their debut was their most electronic and mixed together the psychedelic, experimental, and industrial sounds each band was known for. Read more on Last.fm
