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In summary, it contains:

- Three songs from Ian Anderson's vein, that marks the difference in the album, and those are the opening My Sunday Feeling (what a song to start a super debut!!), Beggar's Farm (impressive beat changes and flute solo) and A Song For Jeffrey (a classic; more commercial song).

- A couple of covers: Cat's Squirrel (tradicional english song, arranged by Abrahams) and Serenade to a Cuckoo (composed in 1964 by the jazz-man Rahsaan Roland Kirk); both nicely and innovatively played.

- A drum solo by the excellent Clive Bunker on Dharma for One.

- Two bluessy number: Someday the Sun Won't Shine for You (with elegant harmonica by the multi-instrumentalist Anderson) and It's Breaking Me Up (harder than Someday the Sun..., but less interesting)

- Two ideas rambling around the studio, that were shaped by the group, specially by Mick Abrahams: Move on Alone (short, funny, with brassy arrangements) and the closing Round (very short, but interesting mix of piano and flute).

- Three excellent bonus tracks: the rocker Love Story (with a nice folky intro), the acoustic Chrismas Song (beautiful, superb lyrics) and One for John Gee, dedicated to? To John Gee, certainly (one of the producers). A jazzy number, with good flute.

Well... Five stars. HIGHLY RECCOMENDED.

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