Edge remembers, “We designed a stage show . . . We had “Tuesday Afternoon” and “Nights” and I think “Peak Hour” all written.” Lodge continues, “The record would be tracking a day in the life of Everyman, with original songs relating to different parts of the day, introduced and interspersed with orchestral music.” Pinder explains the desire for a cohesive theme, “I had always wanted to create something that was conceptual. I loved the works of Mantovani. I wanted to have albums that people would want to collect, and play in their entirety.”