▁limitations ▁on ▁the ▁parts ▁I ▁come ▁up ▁with ▁for ▁guitar ." ▁Corn ell ▁said , ▁" By ▁the ▁time ▁we ▁were ▁finished , ▁it ▁felt ▁like ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁kind ▁of ▁hard , ▁like ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁long , ▁hard ▁ha ul . ▁But ▁there ▁was ▁stuff ▁we ▁were ▁discover ing ." ▁ ▁Music ▁and ▁lyr ics ▁▁ ▁The ▁album ' s ▁songs ▁placed ▁emphas is ▁on ▁vocals ▁and ▁mel ody ▁over ▁the ▁heavy ▁guitar ▁r iffs ▁that ▁were ▁found ▁on ▁the ▁band ' s ▁earlier ▁LP s . ▁It ▁also ▁features ▁a ▁ra wer ▁sound ▁than ▁Sound g arden ' s ▁previous ▁album ▁Super unknown , ▁as ▁the ▁band ▁members ▁produced ▁the ▁record ▁themselves . ▁Corn ell ▁sum med ▁up ▁the ▁changes ▁with ▁" What ▁we ' ve ▁lost ▁in ▁son ic ▁precision ▁we ' ve ▁gained ▁so ▁much ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁feeling ." ▁Stephen ▁Thomas ▁Er le w ine ▁of ▁All Music ▁said ▁that ▁Sound g arden ▁" ret ained ▁their ▁am bit ious ▁song ▁structures , ▁ne o - ps ych ed el ic ▁guitar ▁text ures , ▁and ▁w inding ▁mel od ies ▁but ▁haven ' t ▁dressed ▁them ▁up ▁with ▁detailed ▁production ." ▁The ▁songs ▁vary ▁in ▁tempo ▁throughout ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁album , ▁with ▁Th ay il ▁describing ▁the ▁album ▁as ▁having ▁a ▁" du al ▁nature ". ▁He ▁stated , ▁" It ▁keeps ▁listen ers ▁on ▁their ▁to es ▁and ▁lets ▁them ▁know ▁they ' re ▁not ▁getting ▁the ▁same ▁album ▁over ▁and ▁over ."