[2] The opening song, "Don't Waste My Time" was written by Francis Rossi and Bob Young in the soon-to-be trademark shuffle style the group would become famous for.

[3] "Paper Plane" was written by Rossi and Young; the lyrics included a reference to the Mercedes-Benz 600 used by the band, which they called a "three grand Deutsche car".

[5] The group heard the Doors' "Roadhouse Blues" while touring Bielefeld, Germany, in 1970, and enjoyed its 12-bar shuffle, using it as a template for other songs.

[9] The album was released in December the same year, and reached the highest position of #5 in the UK charts, spending 37 weeks there.

[13] In a retrospective review, AllMusic applauded the album as both crowd-pleasing and moderately ambitious, commenting that "Despite the name, most of the music on Piledriver is varied and subtle enough to be interesting."