By the release of their third album, 1975's , were fast becoming America's top concert attraction, yet their record sales up to this point did not reflect their ticket sales. label head decided to take matters into his own hands, and produced the new record along with the band. The result is more vibrant sounding than its predecessor, 1974's sludgefest , and the songs have more of an obvious edge to them. The best-known song on the album by far is the party anthem but it was the track that became a regional hit in the Detroit area, giving the band their first taste of radio success. Since the band was on the road for a year straight, songs such as and dealt with life on the road (i.e., groupies), and a pair of songs were reworked from ' precursor band, ( ). With 's Top 40 showing on the charts, the stage was now set for ' big commercial breakthrough with their next release. ~ Greg Prato