According to the author Dan Fitzgerald,
Rich Williams was inspired to create this album after having read the book
Ghost Towns of Kansas, Volume II (1979), specifically the chapter on
Neosho Falls. The album is Kansas's last studio effort for a major label. It didn't receive much promotion, as
MCA Records dropped a slew of "older" artists shortly after its release and famously switched its attention to current younger acts such as
Tiffany. Kansas got caught in that decision and the album was a commercial failure. The label did produce several promotional materials for the record, including a glossy video for "Stand Beside Me". The song was played regularly on
MTV and allowed the single to hit the album rock charts, the last Kansas single to chart in any format. Other songs were released in odd formats, such as a 12" promotional single of "I Counted on Love", an import edited CD single of "House on Fire", and a small-sized CD single of "Stand Beside Me". The album would also be the last Kansas release to appear in vinyl format until the release of
The Prelude Implicit in 2016. A tour in support of this album included a broadcast by the
King Biscuit Flower Hour, which many years later released the show
as a CD. ==Reception==