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This is a great release from a band that never got much love. Robin Trower get's in the mix with a great rockin bluesy number "Whiskey Train" Gary Brooker must have known that Robin was ready to move on and gave his guitarist more space to breath on this recording. It's a solid effort.

You know this album will be good a soon as the haunting melody of School kicks in. Supertramp was laying it on thick and slick for this offering. Bloody Well Right about sums that statement up. This is best listened to front to back. It's an artsy, trippy little adventure.

I find this album to be a bit disjointed, most of the tracks are not refined or well crafted, and all of the tracks are dark and brooding. The musicianship is good, the band is tight, it's just a poor conglomeration of songs. Cities On Flame and Screams are perhaps the better of the tracks on this album, the rest are a hodgepodge of ideas imbedded in brooding melodies. It's not an awful album, it's just an album that never really seems to fire on all it's cylinders.

The Cult deliver a well rounded, hard rocking album from front to back. Ian Astburys vocals are as strong as ever and Billy Duffy's guitar playing is spot on. The song writing is the true stand-out on this album. Every song seems to be meticulously molded into well eatable bites. Fire Woman became an AOR staple, but the true gems are the ones the radio never touched, such as Edie, Sweet Soul Sister, and American Horse. This album is loaded with well crafted songs and is best listened to front ... read more