▁album ▁had ▁received ▁some ▁lu ke w arm ▁reviews ▁and ▁there ▁was ▁strong ▁competition ▁from ▁the ▁lik es ▁of ▁The ▁Im mediate , ▁Duke ▁Special ▁and ▁Snow ▁Pat rol . ▁ ▁A ▁special ▁edition ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁album , ▁officially ▁available ▁only ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁day ▁of ▁release , ▁came ▁with ▁second ▁DVD ▁and ▁an ▁additional ▁card board ▁sle e ve . ▁ ▁Rec ording ▁The ▁album ▁is ▁unique ▁in ▁the ▁Div ine ▁Com edy ▁catalog ue ▁- ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁catalog ue ▁of ▁most ▁recent ▁popular ▁music ▁- ▁in ▁that ▁Hann on ' s ▁original ▁aim ▁with ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁to ▁record ▁it ▁entirely ▁in ▁two ▁weeks , ▁with ▁the ▁minimum ▁of ▁over d ub bing . ▁As ▁such , ▁almost ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁music ▁on ▁the ▁album ▁- ▁much ▁to ▁the ▁ch agr in ▁of ▁the ▁classical ▁players ▁involved ▁on ▁almost ▁every ▁track , ▁and ▁the ▁Div ine ▁Com edy ▁band ▁itself ▁- ▁was ▁recorded ▁in ▁live ▁takes . ▁At ▁first , ▁they ▁attempted ▁to ▁use ▁no ▁click ▁tracks ▁or ▁head ph ones , ▁but ▁eventually ▁they ▁did . ▁The ▁band ▁would ▁record ▁their ▁part , ▁the ▁or chestra ▁would ▁over d ub ▁their s , ▁and ▁then ▁Hann on ▁would ▁record ▁his ▁vocals . ▁No ▁further ▁over d ub bing ▁took ▁place ▁unless ▁absolutely ▁necessary , ▁in ▁a ▁fairly ▁hurried ▁style ▁of ▁recording , ▁and ▁in ▁stark ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁modern ▁recording ▁technique ▁of ▁stack ing ▁up ▁tracks . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁recording , ▁Hann on ' s ▁vocals ▁had