和相恋多年的女友Justine Frischmann分手事件深刻影响了Damon Albarn创作这张专辑。专辑名"13"取自Damon的录音室名，部分曲目在那里录製。备选的专辑名称包括"Blue"和"When You're Walking Backwards To Hell, No One Can See You, Only God". "Tender"被形容为"太空摇滚福音曲"，伦敦社区福音唱诗班和Blur一起演绎了此歌。"Coffee & TV"是由Graham创作并演唱的。这首歌关于他对Camden爱恨交织的感情。"Swamp Song"最早被选为单曲"Tender"的B面，在最后一刻选入了正专。专辑第三支单曲"No Distance Left to Run"早在1997年夏天就和"Swallows in a Heatwave"以及"Optigan 1"一起在巴塞隆纳进行首次录製。后来William Orbit和乐队对此歌进行了再次录製。

Tender is the night Lying by your side
Tender is the touch Of someone that you love too much
Tender is the day The demons go away
Lord I need to find Someone who can heal my mind
Come on, Come on, Come on
Get through it Come on, Come on, Come on
Love@s the greatest thing Come on, Come on, Come on
Love@s the greatest thing That we have
I@m waiting for that feeling Waiting for that feeling
Waiting for that feeling to come
Oh my baby Oh my baby Oh why Oh my
Tender is the ghost The ghost I love the most
Hiding from the sun Waiting for the night to come
Tender is my heart I@m screwing up my life
Lord I need to find Someone who can heal my mind
Come on, Come on, Come on Get through it
Come on, Come on, Come on Love@s the greatest thing
That we have I@m waiting for that feeling
Waiting for that feeling Waiting for that feeling to come
Tender is the night Lying by your side
Tender is the touch Of someone that you love too much
Tender is my heart you know I@m screwing up my life
Oh Lord I need to find Someone who can heal my mind
That we have I@m waiting for that feeling
Waiting for that feeling Waiting for that feeling to come