EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR

The least I can say is that an opener as Procession is probably not the best way to start an album. It leads nowhere and only the last thirty seconds might be called a song.

The band reverts into his better known territories with "The Story in Your Eyes" although more upbeat as usual. The melancholic and at times syrupy mood is back with "Our Guessing Game". Very old fashioned. Sounds more as mid sixties ballad to be honest. Very childish (like "Emily's Song" and "Nice To Be Here").

I made this comment for some early BJH's songs as well : ballads were OK but once they tried to write some rockier songs, it was not always rewarding. I would say the same about "After You Came". A poor song IMO. Melody is painful and the whole sounds rather flat. The finale being even close to the heavy genre.

Good (nothing great here) moments are scarce on this album, which is quite a disappointment. Some songs are OK like "One More Time To Live" which features a pastoral flavour with some nice fluting. My favourite song of the album.

And even if "You Can Never Go Home" is a pleasant melody, it fails to really captivate me. Just another good Moodies song. As they have written a lot, I guess. And I tend to like the closing number as well. "My Song" should please any Moodies fan. But only those ones and that's the problem with this album. Too predicable, I'm afraid.

Five out of ten is my rating but I will downgrade it to two stars. I can't really call this a good album.