It includes "Play the Game Tonight", which broke the Top 20 and is Kansas's third highest-charting single, surpassed only by "Carry on Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind".

After a long audition process, the choice came down to three strong candidates: Warren Ham, Michael Gleason and John Elefante.

[4] "Fair Exchange" described the world under the rule of the Anti-Christ, while "Chasing Shadows" pointed out the frustration in seeking anything outside Biblical truth.

Vinyl Confessions did not go unnoticed by the nascent Contemporary Christian music (CCM) industry, which was just coming into its own at that time.

While acknowledging the comeback success of the single "Play the Game Tonight", AllMusic's retrospective review was largely negative.