It is a very loosely organized concept album, telling the story of a flood hitting the real Kansas city of Neosho Falls in 1951.

According to the author Dan Fitzgerald, Rich Williams was inspired to create this album after having read the book Ghost Towns of Kansas, Volume II (1979), specifically the chapter on Neosho Falls.

It didn't receive much promotion, as MCA Records dropped a slew of "older" artists shortly after its release and famously switched its attention to current younger acts such as Tiffany.

A tour in support of this album included a broadcast by the King Biscuit Flower Hour, which many years later released the show as a CD.

They criticized the album's dated production and the lack of a single to compare to their 1970s hits, but argued it to be one of Kansas's most focused efforts.