stadium rock, drawing comparison to U2. While one reviewer compared the whole album to Simple Minds, others limited it to "Born of Frustration" or "Seven" only. Booth said Seven referred to several things: the seven band members; "Sit Down" entering the charts at number seven; being given the number seven dressing room while appearing on Top of the Pops. The album features more of emphasis on Diagram's trumpet playing; he had told the band he wanted to have more input into the writing process or he wasn't going to be involved at all. "Born of Frustration" discusses having multiple possiblities in front of one's self and not being able to have any of them. Booth said "Ring the Bells" referred to "breaking free from [p]atriarchal Jehovah," while "finger pointing [the] God of shame." "Sound" features an electronic section that was reminiscent to the music heard in John Carpenter films. "Bring a Gun" was written after a shooting at a club in Manchester, and, according to Booth, detailed the repressive attitude that authority figures have towards younger generations. Some of the lyrics deal with people having a lack of compassion for others, and the need for political violence. The anti-war track "Mother" earned a comparison to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds due to its reverb-enhanced guitars and atmospheric violin. Its title referred to Gold Mother, Saddam Hussein's speech about the "Mother of all battles", and childless mothers as a result of war. "Don't Wait Too Long" displays the folk elements of the band's earlier albums. It initially had a faster tempo, before it was eventually slowed down and utilized elements of soul music. "Next Lover", which also shares the folk elements, talks about desire. Booth saw "Live a Love of Life" as a partial continuation of the Gold Mother track "God Only Knows", in that he talked about rejected his Christian upbringing; it includes references to the Gulf War. The verses of "Heavens" talk about a person with their head in their hands thinking about self-pity and despondency. "Protect Me" is about praying for protection, and dates back to when Booth broke up with his girlfriend and the band's manager Martine McDonagh. Booth said "Seven" was one of the few love songs he had written; it includes references to "various ecstatic experiences of union - in meditation and sex." Release Between September and November 1991, the band embarked on a