UFrancis Rossi noRick Parfitt, amalungu amabini adumileyo eqela Bume bento, balungiselela kwiiveki zakutshanje ukukhululwa kwe-albhamu yabo yokuhlanganiswa 'Aquostic (I-Stripped Bare)', i-albhamu equka ukhetho lweengoma ezingamashumi amabini anesihlanu ukusuka kumsebenzi wabo omude, kodwa okokuqala kwifomathi ye-acoustic. Ngokwewebhusayithi yeqela, i-Aquostic iya kuthengiswa kwiveki yokuqala ka-Okthobha ngokusebenzisa iilebhile ze-EarMusic / Edel kunye neRhino / Warners ngokulandelelanayo.
Umzobo we-albhamu entsha yokuhlanganisa sele iqalile ukukhuthazwa kwayo kwaye ngokufanayo URossi noParfitt babonakala beze egquma amalungu akhe nje ngeekatala zakhe. Ifoto emnyama nemhlophe ayithathwanga mntu wumbi ngaphandle kwemvumi edumileyo uBryan Adams, othe waba ngumfoti iminyaka eliqela.
Kumava eefoto ze-albhamu, uRossi uthe: “Ngamanye amaxesha ndiye ndibe novalo ngaphambi kokuba ndikhwele eqongeni, kodwa ukubonakala phambi kukaBryan ndiphethe isiginkci kuphela ukuze ndikhusele ukuthozama kwam kufuna umgudu. Ndicinga ukuba naye uya koyika. Ndimele ndivume ukuba yikhava enkulu, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ndiya kuzigcina iimpahla zam kulo lonke unyuso lwe-albhamu ».