Each of its eight episodes concentrates on the making of one track on the band's album of the same name, which is launched worldwide on November 10. Different songs were recorded in different cities: Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle and Washington DC.

A spokesman says: "BBC Four is renowned for its music programming and I am delighted we have acquired this innovative series that takes viewers into the very roots of popular music, in an epic nationwide odyssey."