The G. G. album was produced by Mark Munro, Bert De Coteaux and Tony Silvester, unlike Glitter's previous efforts which were done by Mike Leander.

Also unlike his previous albums, Glitter had very little to do with the composing of the songs, having only one credit as a songwriter on G. G. with "I'll Carry Your Picture (Everywhere)", which was the B-side of the hit single "Love Like You and Me".

Back in the United Kingdom, Glitter's homeland, the first single from the album "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow", peaked as low as number 38.

G. G. eventually reached a world sales figure in the region of 300,000 copies, and over the years it has been available on most major formats, including vinyl, cassette, CD and 8-track.

The album was reissued in 2009 under Airmail Records including three bonus tracks: "Love Like You And Me", "Doing Alright With The Boys" and "She-Cat, Alley Cat".