[citation needed] The conductors and arrangers were Lee Holdridge, Marty Paich and Larry Muhoberac.

Early copies of the LP album featured a picture label and a unique version of the cover with a grommet-string style closure on the back.

Inspired by the experience of a failed screen test for a film about rebel comic Lenny Bruce, " 'I Am...I Said' would ultimately turn out to be the single most challenging and time-consuming song that [Diamond] ever wrote."

Record World said that the title track showed that Diamond "hasn't lost his knack of writing intelligent pop-oriented material.

"[4] Cash Box said that the "striking image-laden ballad in fine Diamond fashion sparkles with immediate top 40 success.