[1][2] The album was set for an early 1995 ship date, but Kahn was dropped from Chaos/Columbia Records two weeks prior to its scheduled release.

[1][9] Jeff Buckley played guitar and sang on "Faith Salons"; the demo, cowritten by the pair, was recorded with Kahn in a Brooklyn loft.

"[14] The Chicago Sun-Times stated: "Kahn's gritty rock songs inhabit a world of desperation and disillusion.

"[17] The SouthtownStar concluded that "Kahn sounds a bit rougher, more blue collar bar performer than vegetarian restaurant folkie.

"[18] The Austin Chronicle noted that "Kahn discovered the rare middle ground between singer-songwriter fare and punk aesthetics.