the song was written about an earlier suicide attempt by Eugene and was intended to bring him out of a depression. The song's guitar riff was influenced by the Smashing Pumpkins song "1979". When asked about "No Jesus Christ", Morgan revealed the song is "an attack on the God complex that people have" and implied that it was inspired by Amy Lee as well. "Walk Away from the Sun" was the first song completed for the album. Morgan stated that it was partially inspired by his stint in rehab. The band's cover of "Careless Whisper" was reportedly borne out of a joke response to Wind-up's request that the band record a Valentine's Day song for iTunes. "None of us are big fans of Valentine's Day," Morgan elaborated, "so we decided to take the piss out of it, and we went with a love song... It's such an over-the-top dramatic song that we had to cover it. It's something we just did as a joke, and we did it for fun, and it became a single." A song titled "No Shelter" was also recorded during the sessions, but was cut as the band felt the song was out of place compared to the rest of the material. It was eventually included on disc two of the first soundtrack for the television series NCIS and on the band's 2013 greatest hits album. Commercial performance The album debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 chart in the US with 56,900 copies moved in its first week, and ended up being certified platinum in 2020 for selling an equivalent of 1 million units. It is also the band's only album to receive Gold certification in their home country of South Africa (certified by the RISA in May 2008). Track listing "Quirk" is a demo version of "Fake It" and was apparently recorded in Morgan's bedroom. Later versions of the album, pressed after the release of "Careless Whisper", were released with tracks 13 and 14 added on. Credits Seether Shaun Morgan – lead vocals, guitar Dale Stewart – bass, backing vocals John Humphrey – drums Troy McLawhorn – guitar (tracks 13, 14) Additional musicians Howard Benson – keyboards, programming Space – guitar (track 12) Technical credits Howard Benson – producer Ross Petersen – co-producer Chris Lord-Alge — mixing Mike Plotnikoff – engineer Hatsukazu "Hatch" Inagaki – engineer Paul DeCarli – digital editing Hatsukazu Inagaki