The album is credited to the Small Faces on all North American issues and reissues,[3] while record labels for initial vinyl printings give the title as The First Step.

It is however perhaps the most democratic of the Faces releases, highlighting the band's talents as a unified whole and affording each member at least one composer credit, as opposed to the perceived dominance of Stewart and his songwriting partnership with Wood as their career progressed.

[5] During the shoot, Kate served the band punch spiked with methanol; McLagan recalled: "We ended up getting extremely drunk ... jumping up and down on this low table and smashing it to splinters.

[6] It shows Wood holding a copy of the book First Step: How to Play the Guitar Plectrum Style,[7] which biographer Terry Rawlings suggests is symbolic of the public perceiving him as only a bassist due to the Jeff Beck Group.

"[6] The album's black-and-white gatefold photo was taken in the garden and shows the band pretending to play their instruments, except Lane, who was oblivious and instead has his hands in his pockets.

[22] Joel Selvin from Rolling Stone wrote that the album was "original" but also "highly derivative" and failed to live up to the expectations of Faces' lineup.