1 9 8 2 ▁by ▁Alb ion ▁Records . ▁Like ▁its ▁prede cess or , ▁St ands ▁for ▁De ci b els , ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁commer cially ▁un success ful ▁but ▁crit ically ▁acc laimed . ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁band ' s ▁final ▁album ▁with ▁the ▁original ▁line up , ▁as ▁Chris ▁St ame y ▁left ▁in ▁early ▁April ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁ ▁Background ▁and ▁production ▁St ame y ▁and ▁Peter ▁H ols apple , ▁the ▁band ' s ▁dual ▁sing ers / gu itar ists , ▁each ▁ended ▁up ▁contrib uting ▁six ▁songs ▁on ▁the ▁album . ▁As ▁was ▁the ▁case ▁on ▁their ▁debut , ▁St ame y ' s ▁songs ▁ve ered ▁towards ▁more ▁experimental ▁mel od ies ▁and ▁rh yth ms , ▁while ▁H ols apple ' s ▁songs ▁were ▁more ▁tradition ally ▁in ▁a ▁pop ▁ve in . ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁Scott ▁L itt ▁( l ater ▁famous ▁for ▁his ▁association ▁with ▁the ▁band ▁R . E . M . ▁and ▁for ▁rem ix ing ▁N ir v ana ' s ▁album ▁In ▁U tero ), ▁giving ▁it ▁a ▁" full er , ▁more ▁modern ▁overall ▁sound ". ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁track , ▁H ols apple ' s ▁" L iving ▁a ▁Lie ", ▁featured ▁a ▁horn ▁section , ▁the ▁Rum our ▁Br ass . ▁ ▁St ame y ' s ▁" rid icul ously ▁catch y " ▁song ▁" A sk ▁for ▁J ill " ▁was ▁about ▁the ▁process ▁of