Allmusic's brief retrospective review dismissed the album as "a colorless and tuneless collection of prog rock meandering".

Track listing

All songs written by Rick Davies, except where noted.

Lead vocals by Rick Davies, except where noted.

1. "It's Alright" – 5:01
2. "Not the Moment" – 4:37
3. "It Doesn't Matter" – 4:53
4. "Where I Stand" (Davies, Hart) – 3:42
   • Lead vocals: Rick Davies and Mark Hart
5. "Free as a Bird" – 4:25
6. "I'm Beggin' You
   I'm Beggin' You
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   " – 5:30
7. "You Never Can Tell With Friends" – 4:19
8. "Thing for You" – 4:00
9. "An Awful Thing to Waste" – 7:50

Personnel

• Rick Davies
  Rick Davies
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   – keyboards, timbales
  Timbales
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  , vocals
• John Helliwell
  John Helliwell
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   – saxophone, brass
• Bob Siebenberg
  Bob Siebenberg
  Bob Siebenberg, also known as Bob C. Benberg, is an American musician, best known as a member of British progressive rock band Supertramp, playing drums and percussion...
  
   – drums
• Dougie Thomson
  Dougie Thomson
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   – bass

Additional personnel

• Mark Hart
  Mark Hart
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   – guitar, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Linda Foot – background vocals
• Nick Lane – brass
• Lise Miller – background vocals
• Scott Page
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   – brass
• Lon Price – brass
• Steve Reid – percussion
• Evan Rogers – background vocals
• Lee Thornburg
  Lee Thornburg
  Lee Thornburg is a trumpeter who has played with many artists, and also has been a member of Supertramp and Tower of Power. Thornburg also played with Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders in the 1970s.-Biography:...
  
   – trumpet, brass
• Marty Walsh – guitar, background vocals
• Karyn White – background vocals
• David Woodford – brass

Production

• Producers: Rick Davies, Tom Lord-Alge, Supertramp
• Engineer: Norman Hall
• Assistant engineers: Bob Loftus, Jeff Lorenzen
• Mixing: Tom Lord-Alge
• Mastering on original LP: Bob Ludwig
• Remastering: Greg Calbi, Jay Messina
• Art direction: Richard Frankel
• Design: Richard Frankel
• Photography: Raul Vega

2002 A&M reissue:

The 2002 A&M Records

A&M Records

A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...

 reissue was mastered from the original master tapes by Greg Calbi and Jay Messina at Sterling Sound, New York, 2002. The reissue was supervised by Bill Levenson with art direction by Vartan and design by Mike Diehl, with production coordination by Beth Stempel.

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1987	The Billboard 200	101

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	"I'm Beggin' You"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
1987	"I'm Beggin' You"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	3
1988	"I'm Beggin' You"	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	48
1988	"I'm Beggin' You"	Adult Contemporary	42