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The artwork on the album's cover is "Kambara yoru no yuki" ("Night Snow at Kambara"), a print by Japanese ukiyo-e artist [[Hiroshige]]. Cuomo confirmed in a [[Riverpedia archive - 11/04/2020|2020 entry on his personal website]] that he chose the image because it appeared on a postcard sent to him by [[Jennifer Chiba]], adding "it captured the feeling of winter loneliness that I was feeling in Cambridge". There are other references to Japanese culture and Puccini as well: In some pressings, when viewed at an angle, the back of the album's jewel case has a vague image of a woman, perhaps a Geisha. A more direct reference to Puccini may be found on the CD itself; text inscribed along the edge of the disc reflect lyrics from Puccini's opera in their original Italian. The words translate to English as: "Everywhere in the world, the roving Yankee takes his pleasure and his profit, indifferent to all risks. He drops anchor at random…"

Contrary to once-popular rumors, the appearance of the word "Sharpless" in the artwork was ''not'' a prophetic hint at Matt Sharp's exit from the band.