[2] With Novella bassist Jon Camp wrote lyrics for the group for the first time, usually with guitarist Michael Dunford collaborating with him on the music.

Camp recalled, "Micky [Dunford] used to come along with the sort of main body of the song and then I used to go and stay at his house in Surrey.

", drummer Terence Sullivan ran a gong through a flanger, while for "Midas Man" he shook a bag filled with coins.

Shortly thereafter, Sire changed distribution in the USA to Warner Bros. Records, and the cover artwork was revised to use the same painting as that employed in its UK issue.

was sampled in the Deep Puddle Dynamics' We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes), and Blockheads' Music by Cavelight track "Sunday Seance".

[citation needed] Esoteric Recordings released a re-mastered, three CD expanded edition of the album on 5 July 2019.