The album was recorded in Woodstock, Kilcoole near Dublin, Ireland and mixed at the Chateau Miraval in Correns, southern France.

Though the subsequent tour would feature a full band, this album features Winwood playing all of the instruments and singing all the vocals, with the exception of Capaldi's drums and backing vocals, Davy Spillane's Uilleann pipes on "Holy Ground", and recording engineer Mick Dolan's rhythm guitar on "Nowhere Is Their Freedom" and programming on the Akai S1000.

[4] In Germany, it scored two minor hits ("Here Comes a Man" and "Some Kinda Woman")[5] and reached number 22 in the album charts.

[7] The 3D-rendered cover design shows a stick-figure hovering above a checkerboard patterned floor playing a flute.

The back sleeve for the CD version of the album features a blurry photograph of Winwood and Capaldi on a beach.