The self-produced album features many high-profile collaborators, including Grateful Dead members Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzmann alongside Creedence Clearwater Revival guitarist Tom Fogerty.

[1][2] It peaked at number 197 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Despite meeting resistance from his label over the album's lyrical content, Garcia encouraged Saunders to write the way he wanted: Jerry always encouraged me to write material for the group.

Fantasy was saying stuff like, 'the music is great, but these words about ecology and whatnot, you gotta tone 'em down.'

[4]In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Eugene Chadbourne stated the album "emphasizes [Saunders'] clever songwriting", listing "Soul Roach" and "Chock-Lite Pudding" as highlights.