It includes John Barbata's final recorded performances with the band; he left shortly after its release to join Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

The Battle of the Bands is a pop and rock album[1] which encompasses multiple styles of music, including country, psychedelic, and R&B.

"Surfer Dan" was billed as being by The Cross Fires, a nod to the Turtles' previous incarnation as a surf-music band known as the Crossfires before it had signed with White Whale Records.

The final song, "Earth Anthem," was recorded at 3:00 A.M. by candlelight, to capture the exact mood the Turtles wanted.

All tracks are written by Johnny Barbata, Howard Kaylan, Al Nichol, Jim Pons, and Mark Volman, except as noted