Upon release in 1969, it met with slightly fewer sales than his previous albums, as pop audiences struggled to keep pace with Walker's increasingly experimental approach, though it still reached No.

[citation needed] In a retrospective review, Mark Lager wrote that the album contained "contemplative, delicate, and nostalgic songs surrounded by a string section of somber darkness.

The opening track 'It's Raining Today' is autumnal, gray, misty, and overcast and his lyrics share similarities with Leonard Cohen's songs from around this same time period.

"[3] The album's slightly muted reception and subsequent failure of Walker's short-lived BBC TV series signified the beginning of his decline in popularity.

Smash label vinyl issue omitted "30 Century Man", replacing it with "Lights of Cincinnati", a UK non-LP single from the same period.