 Between tours of the UK, O'Sullivan spent time in Spain, where he installed a piano and wrote further songs for the album.He had avoided touring worldwide until later that year because he felt the busy schedule would have made the album difficult to write, and the Britain-only touring ensured that the trip to Spain was possible.The recording of "I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter" departed from O'Sullivan's previous two albums, as instead of recording within several three hour sessions in various studios, O'Sullivan and his manager and producer Gordon Mills recorded the album "on and off" in early 1973 at Mills' recently built studio located beside his home, spending a total of several days in the studio.