The opening track, "The Thrill of It All", was an up-tempo rocker that further developed the style of songs like "Virginia Plain" (1972) and "Do the Strand" (1973); it included a quote from Dorothy Parker's poem "Resume": "You might as well live".
Country Life included Roxy Music's fourth single, "All I Want Is You" b/w "Your Application's Failed", which reached No. 12 in the UK charts.