"Holding on to Nothin'" and "We'll Get Ahead Someday" were top ten hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at numbers seven and five, respectively.

Recording sessions for the album took place at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, beginning on January 31, 1968.

The album's first single, "Holding on to Nothin'", was released in March 1968[1] and debuted at number 60 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated April 13.

The third single, "Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark", was released in September[3] and debuted at number 66 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated October 5.

Billboard published a review of the album in the September 21, 1968 issue, which said, "Wagoner and Parton have proved a hot sales combination for the singles charts, and their second LP built around their singles hits, "Holding on to Nothin'", "The Dark End of the Street", and "We'll Get Ahead Someday", is sure to prove a hot piece of album product.

The album was included in the 2014 box set Just Between You and Me: The Complete Recordings, 1967–1976, marking the first time it had been reissued since its original release.