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— was released on 7 March 1994 to considerable acclaim from some sections of the music press, but failed to make the UK Top 40.

The follow-up single, " Dolphin ", a song co-written with former member Johnson during Banks ' two year absence from the band's line-up, was released on 13 June 1994 peaking at number 28 with first week sales reaching 15, 000, leading to Shed Seven's first Top of the Pops appearance on 23 June 1994.

Despite their third single release, " Speakeasy ", entering the UK charts at number 24 and giving them their biggest hit to date, the first negative press reviews began to emerge.

Writing for the UK music magazine NME in August 1994, John Mulvey believed that it represented " our clumsy blokes trying to come over all sensuous, fragile and complex.

"—" Speakeasy " was later to be re-written as an advertising jingle in 1999, for the mobile phone company The Link, with Witter later admitting regret at his re-recording and re-wording of the original.

As a result, the song was omitted from Shed Seven setlists for a number of years, only making its live comeback as a stripped-down acoustic version on their " farewell " tour in December 2003.