A period of six months elapsed between the first session for the "Donna Summer" album and the completion of the tracks. Summer has since stated that this was one of the hardest albums ever to record – some of the songs were quite challenging, plus she was pregnant with her daughter Amanda Grace at the time. It has also been reported that she found producer Quincy Jones to be rather boisterous and controlling and soon after the album's release she opened up to the "Los Angeles Times": "Sometimes I feel it's a Quincy Jones album that I sang on".