The album features guitar contributions from both Peter Frampton and Jimmy McCulloch (who would later join Paul McCartney and Wings).

Several of the tracks give a humorous look on domestic life, following the birth of Entwistle's son, Christopher, earlier that year.

[2] "Ten Little Friends" was written on piano at Entwistle's Ealing home studio at the time and sprang from a bout of writer's block.

Then Surrey-based artist Graham Lethbridge designed the album's gatefold cover artwork (at the suggestion of producer John Alcock).

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Donald A. Guarisco wrote that the album combines "catchy, straightforward, pop-tinged rock with dark, often bitingly sarcastic lyrics.