It is the band's only album with its original drummer, Gary Smith, and bass guitarist, Dennis Keith Johnson.
First, Ron Nevison replaced Barry Mraz as producer, and then the project had to be taken to Bruce Fairbairn in Vancouver to achieve a mix that was to Kalodner's satisfaction.
The album just entered the charts, reaching #169 on the Billboard Hot 100 in spring 1980, but the opening track, "Somewhere In America", was a regional hit in the Chicago area,[1] peaking at #70 on the Billboard Hot 100,[4] and "Youngblood", with its dramatic guitar introduction, proved to be something of a blueprint for the band's smash hit two years later, "Eye of the Tiger".
An additional song recorded for the album, "Rockin' into the Night", was rejected by Nevison as "too Southern".
The model on the cover of the album is the actress Kim Basinger, according to the band's founding member Jim Peterik.