After the release of Nona (Miss; 1984), Chrisye broke off his three album collaboration with Eros Djarot and Jockie Soerjoprajogo as he was tired of art rock.

[2] Chrisye, who had been observing Addie's work with his friend Keenan Nasution as well as Vina Panduwinata's debut album Citra Biru (Blue Image; 1981) and enjoyed what he heard, insisted.

A string section, consisting of Suryati Supilin, Su Yin, Edo, Kwang Tju, and Zulkifli, was hired to provide further backing.

[6] Sendiri was released in 1984 with a cover was designed by Chrisye's childhood friend Gauri Nasution and photography by Tara and Firman.

[9] Sendiri has been reissued twice, once as a CD in 2004[10] and once as part of the Chrisye Masterpiece Trilogy Limited Edition in 2007.