 Ecstasy 's recording was plagued by technical and financial errors , which impacted the eventual release of the album . The mastering process was affected by the album 's engineer Steve Nunn , who mislaid the source material of the final mix prior to its transfer to the master recording . Shields subsequently " brought an independent engineer in to the studios to point out what was wrong " but Lazy Records refused to invest further finances into the album 's recording process . As a result , " much of what was originally the sound of Ecstacy [ sic ] was lost , and much of the tone was dulled " and the album " showed a group who appeared to have run out of money half way through recording " . 
