[4][5] The album's title comes from a television interview with Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.

This may also be a reference to the fact that the band had replaced its original drummer, Cary Bonnecaze, between the recording of their previous album and this one.

The album produced two hits on the Billboard modern rock charts: "King of New Orleans" and "Desperately Wanting."

Club called Friction, Baby "a batch of low-impact pop cheese that's too mindlessly catchy not to be likable.

"[6] On early copies of the album, the hidden track "Mejor de Ezra" is contained in the pregap.