Following the more experimental music of Mezzamorphis and Glo, Delirious aimed for a "stripped-down" pop sound on their new album, influenced by, among others, Coldplay, Radiohead, and the Manic Street Preachers.[2][3] Many of the songs were recorded semi-live in the studio, giving the album a raw feel. Chuck Zwicky (former engineer for Prince and Semisonic) was brought in to oversee production of the album.[4] According to Stu G, Zwicky was very influential in the recording of the album: "From our beginning we’ve really had a hands-on approach to the production. And we asked him to really take that on. So he did make a difference to the way we recorded the stuff and to really get a strip-down, more live performance. And that was really good to be pushed that way, and he pushed us really hard."[5] The band also credit him with creating a retro sound: "we walked into the studio and Tim [Jupp] started to set up, and Charles said (rather less politely) ‘Put them away, I'm not having that rubbish in my studio.' Instead, he got Tim to play analogue synths and Fender Rhodes through guitar pedals, and rather than relying on MIDI to do everything Tim was twisting knobs and creating audio canvasses that were absolutely incredible." [edit]Content

The album's lyrical content differs somewhat from previous albums, including several love songs. Martin Smith said of the first single, "Waiting for the Summer", "The song came about because we were travelling to Brighton everyday and in usual style it was raining... We thought we'd write a song about waiting for the summer because we used to say to each other, 'I can't wait for summer'. It's a love song about being with my lady in summer, laughing and dancing around."[6] Another track, "There is an Angel", was written by Smith about "waking up one night and seeing my wife asleep in bed next to me and just thinking, God, I could mess this up if I'm not careful. She's the angel you've put in my life and I need to protect what you've given me." Smith has said that the song is his all-time favourite. Among the more obscure songs lyrically is another love song, "Bicycle Gasoline"; Smith has, however, explained it: "girls, they don't want flowers all the time, they just need telling that you love them, and vice-versa. A bicycle doesn't need gasoline and she doesn't need all that stuff really. She doesn't need 'things', jewellery or dresses, she just needs love. You know, love man!" Promotion and singles

During 2001, Delirious? embarked on an extensive publicity campaign, including supporting Bon Jovi and Matchbox 20 in the five-date "One Wild Night" UK stadium tour[8] On the last date of the tour, the band announced a release date of 6 August for the album. Once again, mainstream chart success for the band was hindered by the refusal of BBC Radio One, the UK national pop station, to playlist the singles. The album title itself is an anagram of "Radio One Loves Us" reflecting past struggles for airplay on the station. [edit]Reception and critical response

The album received mixed reviews from the major music critics. Despite the band's aim to create a pop album, some reviewers called Audio Lessonover? the band's least accessible album to date; the Phantom Tollbooth, however, thought it the most accessible Delirious album yet. Q Magazine, the only mainstream magazine to review the album, praised the band's "complex, Muse-alike rock", commenting also on the band's difficulty in catering to both the Christian and mainstream markets. The album's sales were lower than previous mainstream efforts', debuting at number 58 in the UK Album Chart.

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