WALK INTO LIGHT

Time ago I have written that Ian Anderson may sing "The Qua-qua dance" and be still recognisable as Jathro Tull. Well, on this album he is very close to the Qua-qua dance. I won't rate it one star only because there's something that can be saved, but I would have been happier if I had miss it.

I wasn't aware of his solo releases back in the 80s, and I have attempted it only now and just by coincidence. Now let's see what's inside:

Fly By Night gave me a sense of "already listened", and "quite disgusting". Thinkig better, the theme has been copie/reused in the 20s by one of the worst Italian pop groups. Casual? Who knows. The album's worst.

The album is full of sounds and passages that I relate to the lowligths of the Genesis of the same years. But let's just speak of what can be saved:

"The train", even if using the same 80s "plastic" sounds has a non-trivial structure and is quite enjoyable. The following track "End Game" gives the illusion of things going better, but we have to wait for the only really good song of the album: the closer "Different Germany". Here's a bit of Jethro Tull behind the electronics and Ian's voice is not dispersed into the Yamaha like dynamics as in the rest of the album.

These three tracks are the reason why I can't just say "avoid it", but it's nothing more than a collector's item.