FOR GIRLS WHO GROW PLUMP IN THE NIGHT

This one gets favourable reviews from die-hard Caravan fans, but I am at a loss as to why. This album sounds more 'canned', more produced for radio, with an annoying mid-1970s commercial-rock sensibility to it. None of the songs are great (the last track is the best, but most of it is not even original, instead being written by Mike Ratledge of the Soft Machine!). At least Cunning Stunts, though mostly poorer, has one great (long) song on it. This one is mediocre through-and-through.