One song, "Creeque Alley", outlines the unique circumstances in which the band met and formed.

The album's title was an in-joke among the group, as recording commenced shortly after Cass Elliot announced that she was pregnant with her daughter, Owen.

Given the social stigma of unwed mothers at the time, both the pregnancy and the birth had been kept a closely guarded secret from the public and press, and the LP's name was meant to imply that Elliot and the others had "delivered" a newborn creation.

The album debuted on Billboard's Top LPs chart on March 18, 1967[2] and reached its peak position of No.

[4] Three of the album's singles reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart: "Look Through My Window" peaked at #24 (November 26, 1966),[5] "Dedicated to the One I Love" at #2 (March 25, 1967)[6] and "Creeque Alley" at No.