[1] The album was recorded by the band over a period of eighteen months between 1985 and 1986 at Entwistle's Hammerhead Studios in Gloucestershire.

The Rock was Entwistle's only album in which he did not sing lead or backing vocals on any tracks, a role performed instead by American-born Canadian Henry Small, formerly of the band Prism.

Eight years before the album was officially released there was a supporting tour for it, which lasted from June to August 1988, covering the United States and Canada.

[2] Mark Deming of AllMusic retrospectively gave the album two and a half out of five stars and wrote that "There's no questioning the technical skill of the performances -- this band sounds tight and expert throughout, and Entwistle and [Zak] Starkey are a mighty rhythm section -- but most of Small's songs are a mass of clichés and the guitar and keyboard figures firmly date this album as a product of the mid-'80s."

"[3] All tracks are written by Henry Small and Devin Powers, except where notedCredits are adapted from the album's liner notes.