It was produced by Richard Thompson, who also played electric lead guitar on several songs.

The back cover features a photo of the two together, captioned 'Loud and Rich'.

It concerned his then infant daughter Lucy Wainwright Roche, who has since played and recorded with him.

This album continued Wainwright's reinvention of himself as an acoustic-based artist, and was the first of his Richard Thompson produced collaborations, which would peak critically the following year with More Love Songs.

The album was nominated for the "Best Contemporary Folk Recording" Grammy.