by Bruce Eder
A flawed but basically good debut album. The band's rock & roll tendencies were compromised by a producer more suited to Gary Puckett & the Union Gap (which he had previously produced), who insisted on dubbing brass onto the material. But Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan's hard-rocking roots come through, along with some unexpected digressions into more bluesy and jazzy territory than the band was previously known for.