The album features guest appearances from well-known musicians, including Aerosmith's Joe Perry, Bob Seger, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, Donna Summer, Helen Reddy and Cher.

Though an unknown at the time, backing vocalist Katey Sagal would go on to a successful television career.

[3] The songs "Burning Up with Fever", "Man of 1000 Faces" and "True Confessions" were demoed in August 1975 for the Destroyer album, but rejected by producer Bob Ezrin.

[4] They were finally released in 2021 on the bonus disc in the 2CD and Superdeluxe box set versions of Destroyer.

[8] The 1997 remastered edition fixes this mistake with "Radioactive" and "Burning Up with Fever" being split as two separate tracks.