Guitarist Barry Goudreau and backing vocalist Brad Delp were members of Boston, and guitarist/vocalist Fran Cosmo would join a later incarnation of the band.

It featured the single "So You Ran", which was a rock radio top 10 hit; it also charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

Allmusic's Doug Stone retrospectively gave the album two stars.

Saying of the songs "Fast Talk", "Dreamin'" and "I Call It Love": "[they are] good, professional rock tunes.

He went on to say that "even though Orion the Hunter holds some personal nostalgia, too many albums deserve more attention".