▁Be in horn ▁on ▁Super unknown ▁had ▁good ▁results , ▁it ▁was ▁" a ▁little ▁more ▁of ▁a ▁struggle ▁than ▁it ▁needed ▁to ▁be ", ▁and ▁self - production ▁would ▁make ▁the ▁process ▁go ▁faster . ▁Adam ▁Kas per , ▁who ▁previously ▁had ▁worked ▁with ▁Sound g arden ▁as ▁an ▁assistant ▁engineer ▁on ▁Super unknown , ▁worked ▁with ▁the ▁band ▁as ▁a ▁production ▁collabor ator ▁and ▁mixed ▁the ▁album . ▁ ▁Work ▁on ▁the ▁album ▁began ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁The ▁band ▁took ▁a ▁break ▁to ▁perform ▁at ▁festiv als ▁in ▁Europe , ▁where ▁new ▁material ▁was ▁road - test ed . ▁After ward , ▁the ▁band ▁did ▁more ▁song writing ▁for ▁about ▁a ▁month ▁and ▁then ▁recorded ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁at ▁Studio ▁Lith o . ▁The ▁overall ▁approach ▁to ▁song writing ▁was ▁less ▁collabor ative ▁than ▁with ▁past ▁efforts , ▁with ▁the ▁individual ▁band ▁members ▁having ▁brought ▁in ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁songs ▁more ▁completely ▁written . ▁The ▁band ▁sought ▁to ▁try ▁things ▁it ▁had ▁not ▁done ▁before ▁and ▁to ▁use ▁a ▁greater ▁variety ▁of ▁material . ▁The ▁band ▁tried ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁live ▁atmosphere ▁for ▁the ▁album , ▁and ▁looked ▁to ▁leave ▁in ▁sounds ▁that ▁produ cers ▁would ▁normally ▁try ▁to ▁clean ▁up , ▁such ▁as ▁feedback ▁and ▁out - of - t une ▁guitar ▁parts . ▁The ▁overall ▁time ▁spent ▁working ▁on ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁less ▁than ▁what ▁the ▁band ▁had ▁spent ▁working ▁on ▁Super unknown . ▁Corn ell ▁described ▁the ▁album - making ▁process ▁as