...AND THEN THERE WERE THREE...

Rough at the edges at first, but eventaully the album grows on you. The departure of Hackett made this album even tougher to bear for long time fans, although Mike did and admiral job amongst the pressure of re-learning the 6 string all over. Tony's Keyboarding is too upfront, but his songwriting is still first rate, maybe the best of the three at this point. Phil's drumming would never sound any better than here, adding some of his best ever. Charles