 The album also features more ambitious rhythms, with an emphasis on percussion and incorporation of instruments like the bongoes, maracas and tambourine, while O'Sullivan's singing is more robust than on previous albums, the result of his voice improving over his live performances.The album breaks with an O'Sullivan tradition by not featuring a short, meta intro song, instead opening with the album's title track, which fuses blues and soul music, and features funk-styled guitar, reflecting the influence of Stevie Wonder.In the opinion of Tony Stewart, the following song "A Friend of Mine" returns O'Sullivan to the "gossipy writing" of "Himself".