[1] As their previous album, Liege & Lief, had reinterpreted a number of traditional folk tunes, so did Full House.

The album also featured the nine-minute track "Sloth", which remained part of the group's live set for many years and has been described as "haunting, moody, dazzling".

[1] The original issue of Full House was intended to comprise the following tracks: Test pressings were made following this sequence, but before the album was officially released, Richard Thompson requested that "Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman" (written by Thompson & Swarbrick) be removed, since he was not happy with his lead vocal; this removal was done at such a late stage that the first LP sleeves had already been printed with the song shown on the track listing.

The album cover was a non-laminated gatefold sleeve featuring notes by Richard Thompson; these take the form of descriptions of spoof folk-games in which various characters participate, completed by a round-up of eventual scores.

[3]Full House entered the British album charts on 18 July 1970, where it stayed for 11 weeks, peaking at number 13.

[5] Rolling Stone magazine's reviewer was enthusiastic, describing the album as "... an English equivalent to The Band ... they have soaked up enough of the tradition of their countryfolk that it begins to show all over, while they still maintain their roots in rock".