It was released in 1977, three years after the break-up of his former band, Traffic.

In the UK, where Traffic's recent albums had only been moderately successful, Steve Winwood reached number 12 on The Official Charts.

[1] Island Records released two singles from the album, "Hold On" and "Time Is Running Out", both of which failed to chart.

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Combined with Stomu Yamashta's ersatz electronic classicism on Go, Winwood's chronic meandering seemed vaguely interesting.

"[3] All songs written by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi, except where noted.