Mike Vernon, who served as the producer on the album, placed baffles and wooden partitions between the instruments to avoid audio spill.

[6] "Trying So Hard to Forget", the album's final song, was a duet between Green on guitar and Duster Bennett on harmonica.

Udder Sucker was the next proposed title, and Fleetwood travelled to his godmother's farm to take a photo underneath a cow for the cover art, but the record label also turned this idea down.

[6] Compared to the huge success of the band's first album, Fleetwood Mac, the follow-up received rather muted critical reviews: AllMusic described it as "a disappointment".

Four of the songs, "Dust My Broom", "Doctor Brown", "Need Your Love Tonight" and "Coming Home", all begin with an identical Elmore James riff.