It was released on June 14, 2005 by Universal South Records, following her win on the third season of Nashville Star in 2005 of which she was the show's first female winner (following Buddy Jewell and Brad Cotter) and the youngest to ever compete on it at just seventeen.

[4] Tim DuBois produced the album with Rick Giles and Sixwire member Steve Mandile on all tracks except "I Break Things", which he co-produced with Tony Brown.

The track "Love Is" was co-written by Katrina Elam, who released her own rendition as a single in 2006 from her unreleased second album Turn Me Up.

[4] The track debuted and peaked at number 53 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs on May 14, 2005; it however only spent one week in total on the chart.

By 2007, the album had just sold 122,000 units, long after Erika Jo had left Universal South.