The album was the best-selling studio album of her career, and at the time was the second best-selling album by a female artist (behind only Carole King's Tapestry). It was her first album since Don't Cry Now without long-time musical collaborator Andrew Gold, though it features several of the other Laurel Canyon-based session musicians who appeared on her prior albums, including guitarists Dan Dugmore and Waddy Wachtel, bassist Kenny Edwards, and producer and multi-instrumentalist Peter Asher.
The album was her career's top-selling studio release and the second-best selling female artist album at that time (behind only Carole King's Tapestry). It marked her first release since Don't Cry Now without Andrew Gold, featuring musicians from Laurel Canyon who had previously collaborated on her albums, including guitarists Dan Dugmore and Waddy Wachtel, bassist Kenny Edwards, and producer Peter Asher.