[2] To record the album, Lake teamed up with a string of prominent musicians, including Gary Moore, Clarence Clemons, and Toto members Steve Lukather, David Hungate and Jeff Porcaro.

Moore played a major role, and the album opened with a version of his song "Nuclear Attack".

In 1993, when the album was finally released on CD (in Japan), it was re-titled Greg Lake & Gary Moore.

[2] Paul Stump, in his 1997 History of Progressive Rock, called the album "characterless" and straightforward to the point of being dull.

"Let Me Love You Once Before You Go", a cover of the 1977 song written by Steve Dorff and Molly Ann Leikin for Dusty Springfield, was issued in the United States and peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100.