to come together pretty quickly and it was obvious that all these bizarre places such as Bangkok had opened up a few eyes in the band." This was the first Depeche Mode album to include Wilder in the writing and recording process, who had been inducted into the band in late 1982, after their previous album had been recorded and released.

The band, as well as Miller, wanted to change up their recording process for this new album, and collectively they decided to work at a new studio, and so the first time