On 6 September, the band announced their departure from Mercury [36] after completing their six-album contract, though they planned to release a compilation and reissue their back catalogue in the future through the label. Ben Folds was initially scheduled to support the band for their UK stint, but was replaced by Turin Brakes. Space" begins as a Radiohead-esque track with an electro intro before shifting into chorus sections in the vein of Simple Minds.

A year after its release, it occurred to Booth that the song was about his son, whose middle name was Daniel, and his goddaughter Grace.English Beefcake" and "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" were included on the band's third compilation album The Collection (2004). Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" was included on the band's fourth compilation album Fresh as a Daisy – The Singles (2007). On 19 June, Dotmusic revealed the album's artwork, which is a computer-generated image that merged all of the members' faces.

The Shining", "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" and "Alaskan Pipeline" were engineered by James Loughrey. Although he doesn’t play any instruments, he’s so life-like that there’s already speculation about his “personality”. Though the band had planned to use a different producer for the main sessions, [3] Eno and guitarist/violinist Saul Davies were enlisted to produce most of the recordings.He expanded: "It's their tightest, freshest, most contemporary batch of songs, weatherproofed to stand the test of time. with Jools Holland later that day, [29] and performed "Falling Down" and "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)". On 31 May, Pleased to Meet You was announced for release in July, and the track listing was revealed. He added that the album had an underlying theme of distaste for "habits, addictions, [and] impulses that we can't control. The UK special edition included the bonus songs "Gaudi" and "What Is It Good For" as 9th and 10th tracks.

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 65, based on six reviews. In March 2000, the band revealed they had been writing new material and planned to record later in the year, with the aim of releasing an album in January 2001. Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 18 May 2001; the band appeared on Later. The remainder of the tracks were credited to different producers: "Falling Down" by Eno and KK; "The Shining", "Give It Away" and "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" by James and Eno; "Gaudi" by James and Baynton-Power; "What Is It Good For" by James; "Fine" by James, Eno and KK; and "Alaskan Pipeline" by James.House in the Woods studios; producer credit was split between Brian Eno, guitarist/violinist Saul Davies, KK and the band. The final show of their December tour was filmed, [41] and later released as the live/video album Getting Away with It. He edited the track; after giving Booth a copy, he re-did the vocal take, resulting in the final version. He’s been christened James, obviously, and will appear on the sleeve of the forthcoming album, Pleased To Meet You.