 Nash blamed its failure to chart higher in the United States on a supposed lack of support and promotion from Atlantic Records.Following the protracted breakup of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in late 1974 and early 1975, Nash left the label and signed a four-album contract with ABC Records as a duo with his CSNY partner David Crosby.Contrary to later reports, the darker tone of this album was "not" inspired by the murder of Nash's then-girlfriend, Amy Gossage, by her brother; that tragedy happened more than a year after the release of this LP.