• mood of sadness, depression, debauchery, relationship breakdown
  • orchestrated song cycle of “love, jealousy, rage and loss”
  • ‘rock opera’ or ‘song cycle’ or ‘concept album’; structure of songs, overall narrative
  • use of atmosphere sounds; bar, kids
  • redrafts of previous songs, incl. 2 versions of the one song (Caroline Says)
  • baritone vocals
  • lush orchestration (strings, horns, choir)