work with Gil Norton, however, he was busy working with the Pixies; they then attempted to draft in Flood, who instead worked with U2. As the band were unable to work with Chris Sheldon, who was fired after the second day, they started producing the sessions themselves. In hindsight, guitarist Larry Gott said the band lacked the confidence that a producer had, causing them to over-fill the songs with instruments. Though they had planned to stay in the studio for six weeks, the sessions stretched out to multiple months. They had to pause recording to promote "Sit Down", which had been released as a single in March 1991. The success of the song hampered the progress of their new album, and put a strain on the band, as they had to deal with reporters and press interviews. The band's first video album Come Home Live was released in April 1991, and featured live recordings of new tracks "Ring the Bells", "Bring a Gun", and "Next Lover". That same month, the band reportedly had 40 new songs to choose for their next album. As the label was anxious at how the band's album was proceeded, and wanted new product to sell, they decided to reissue Gold Mother. Powered by a few minor hit singles, Gold Mother was a commercial success upon its re-release in May 1991, when it reached number two in the UK Albums Chart. In August 1991, the band appeared at Reading Festival, where they live a set of mainly new sngs, and was met with negative reviews from the music press. Fontana halted any further sessions, and re-located the band to London where they recorded with former Killing Joke member Youth at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London. According to Booth, Youth pushed the band to record the album as live as possible with minimal overdubs; Spike Stent handling recording. The final songs that ended up on Seven split producer credit between two camps: Youth for "Born of Frustration", "Sound", "Bring a Gun", "Don't Wait That Long", "Next Lover", and "Seven"; and James and Steve Chase for "Ring the Bells", "Mother", "Live a Love of Life", "Heavens", and "Protect Me". Sessions wrapped up in September 1991, as Tim Palmer mixed all of the recordings at Townhouse Studios except "Don't Wait That Long", which was mixed by Stent at Olympic. Composition Musically, the sound of Seven has been described as