The album songs feature different lead vocals, including Trevor Horn (#3, 5, 8), Ryan Molloy (#1, 4, 6), Chris Braide (#1, 2), Lol Creme and Stephen Lipson (#7).

The album was originally announced as early as 2007 under the name Studio 1, when "Barking Up the Right Tree" was released as a single with "Freeway" as a B-side on the Stiff Records label.

Trevor Horn, Lol Creme and Stephen Lipson in an interview with Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph stated it "was very old school", "just got together and started recording, and everyone was happy with what everyone else did".

[10] Prog 3.5/5 review, highlighting songs "Freeway" and "Garden Of Flowers", concluded that "aside from a couple of inconsequential though innocuous enough pot-boilers, Made In Basing Street, maps out an agreeably expansive space between memorable, classic pop, and prog-inclined AOR vistas.

[1] Classic Rock 3.5/5 review stated that "forestalling ‘the cabaret has taken over’ refrain on "Watching You Out There", Made In Basing Street is polished-to-perfection elegance.