The tracks "Heaven Knows" and "Tall Cool One" featured Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. (On the liner notes, Page's participation on the songs was noted with a ZOSO symbol.) In response to the Beastie Boyssampling some Led Zeppelin songs on their 1986 album Licensed to Ill, Plant also used samples from Led Zeppelin songs ("Whole Lotta Love", "The Ocean", "Black Dog", and "Custard Pie") on "Tall Cool One", additionally singing words from "When the Levee Breaks".
"Walking Towards Paradise" was originally a bonus track available only on CD versions of the album.
"Tall Cool One" was licensed for use in a 1988 Coca-Cola advertising campaign (with the notion that the title reflected Coke's desired perception). The commercials were re-edited versions of the song music video, with some scenes re-filmed with Plant, and others modified, to incorporate the Coke logo and/or visuals.
"Ship of Fools" was featured on the final two-hour episode of Miami Vice titled "Freefall". It is the musical accompaniment to Crockett and Tubbs return to Miami via motor yacht after rescuing General Bourbon (a thinly-veiled Manuel Noriega-type character) from the fictional Central American nation of Costa Morada.
