 Structurally , the album is not a collection of stand @-@ alone songs , but a 64 @-@ minute piece of music composed of 24 plot @-@ driven subsections . The music references the band 's own discography at various points , evoking echoes of their earlier records – " sly winks to fans , each with their favourite era of Sparks in mind " . The BBC review stated that the album was " steeped in the same arch humour and orchestral sweep that guided the likes of 2006 ’ s Hello Young Lovers and last year ’ s Exotic Creatures of The Deep " , blending " jaunty songs and rib @-@ tickling tangents with a coherent narrative " . 
