It was the final Earthworks album to feature Django Bates, Iain Ballamy and Tim Harries.

Four years later, Bruford would form a new version of Earthworks in a more traditional acoustic jazz vein.

Initially released on the Virgin Records' 'Venture' imprint in 1994, it was re-issued on Bruford's own Summerfold label in 2005, with a bonus 10th track, a 6:15 live version of "Hotel Splendour".

The AllMusic review by Bill Meredith awards this album with 4.5 stars and states: "Bruford's chordal patterns sound practically symphonic amid his epic starts and stops — further proof of the originality of one of the most musical drummers of all-time.

"[3] Writing for All About Jazz, John Kelman called the album "in some ways the most surprising record of Bruford's career to date," and noted that it "demonstrated what those fortunate enough to have caught the group in performance already knew—that despite Bruford's reputation for rigid structure in earlier projects within and outside his leadership, this was a group where every performance was, indeed, a new experience.