Peter Case was a member of the Los Angeles power pop group The Nerves along with Paul Collins (later of The Beat), and Jack Lee.

Case was accompanied by 20 other musicians including T-Bone Burnett and Mitchell Froom, guitarist Mike Campbell, John Hiatt, drummers Jim Keltner and Jerry Marotta, Roger Mcguinn, Van Dyke Parks, and his then-wife Victoria Williams, among others.

The liner notes included the following unusual message: Music critic Steve Kurutz of AllMusic praised the album and wrote "... the primarily acoustic songs are adeptly arranged and filled with great melodies.

Case has a reputation for being a bit too clever at times and on occasion the album's lyrics can be a bit obtuse, but overall songs like the Van Dyke Parks-arranged 'Small Town Spree' and the harmonica-driven 'Old Blue Car' rock with an immediacy that hits the listener where it should, in the gut rather than between the ears.

"[1] Music critic Robert Christgau rated the record as a "B" on his rating scale and wrote of the record; "Case's problem is that he's a born actor who won't cop to it... hence he's no more convincing now than he was when he led a group named after the Beatles' sneakers.