[5] The album received mixed reviews, with some critics saying it sounded too much like funk or disco;[6] the band even faced some assertions that they were "too black" for the Canadian market.
[7] The album spawned the single "Julian", but the song was only a modest hit, peaking at #53 in the RPM Hot 100 chart the week of January 30, 1988.
Alta Moda contributed a non-album track, "American Chaser", to the soundtrack of the 1986 television film Popeye Doyle.
[10] Although Alta Moda had originally signed a six-album deal with CBS, they were dropped from the label after the album's poor sales.
Orenstein wrote and produced material for other artists, and Johnson performed jazz and blues with a backing band which later became Big Sugar.