Initial sessions for the album were convened at Criteria Studios .
The band moved the sessions in midstream to Caribou Ranch in Colorado and the Record Plant in Los Angeles after Criteria Studios staff engineers Ron and Howard Albert expressed concern that the sessions were not producing quality results .
Initial sessions for the album were convened at Criteria Studios , but the band moved the sessions in midstream to Caribou Ranch in Colorado and the Record Plant in Los Angeles after Criteria staff engineers Ron and Howard Albert expressed concern that the sessions were not producing quality results .