The album was originally released in 1970 as an LP record with 12 songs.

The album was re-issued on a CD in 1988 with an additional eight songs and new sequencing.

An AllMusic reviewer gave it four and a half out of five stars and called it "a pretty good capsule introduction to one of American music's most idiosyncratic individualists".

[1] However, he noted "For a more comprehensive – and well-packaged – overview of most of his career, turn to the double-CD box Allison Wonderland on Rhino/Atlantic.

"[1] All songs Written by Mose Allison except as noted.