As with the group's British soul contemporaries Light of the World and Hi-Tension, the record exemplifies a style of synth-funk that is fused with an English-styled sensibility with dub characteristics. Writers vary between songs, with Beckles and Francis credited as contributing most. "Walking Into Sunshine" features lyrics of escapist yearning; writer Paul Lester wrote that, released as a single in summer 1981 in the aftermath of the riots in Brixton and Toxteth, the "seemingly innocuous" lyrics "captured the dispirited mood of the moment" with lines like "I can't stand it, this kind of life is not for me... I gotta get away." The version on the album is longer than the single mix, running to five minutes. Beckles said the song used "spiritual approach to writing", with its central metaphor a deliberately "ambigious term to relate to. Achievement is walking into sunshine." "Don't Tell Me", which was issued as the follow-up single, is funkier in comparison, while the title track is a "jazzily bounding" instrumental that interlays guitar, bass and keyboards and which increases its tempo after an 118bpm intro. James Hamilton of "Record Mirror" compared "I Need Your Love", with its "doodling" intro, to the work of Chic, while comparing "That's No Way to Treat My Love", with its faster tempo of 128bpm, to a fusion of Eddy Grant and Change.