Claire Mansfield used to be the lead singer of a London-based new wave combo called The Voyeurs. Many years later, she joined forces with former Warner Bros. recording artist John Mendels(s)ohn to record an album that The Village Voice, America's most prestitgious alternative newspaper, described as "stunning fun... In Mansfield, Mendelssohn has at last found the perfect throat to convey his overachiever lyrics and melodies. Her vocals are sweetly breathy, with a lush Limeyness that recalls something of Dusty Springfield's gritty splendor". The San Francisco Chronicle was impressed too, applauding the collection's "naughty, witty songwriting that borrows from New Wave, the New Romantics, and timeless pop craft".