FAIRYPORT

Pembroke, Gustavson and Pohjola wrote around a third of the material each. Pembroke's stuff is the same sort of pop that dominated the previous album, including the beautiful ballad "Lost Without A Trace". Gustavson's material is more jazzy and prog-influenced, and the individual songs together form a suite, sort of like "Henry's?", on the first album. Pohjola, finally, already showed signs of what he was going to do later on in his solo career, by contributing with mostly instrumental material with strong classical influences, genius melodies, and a Zappaesque weirdness to them. The live-jam isn't as interesting as the rest of the album. The main attraction is the opening track "Losing Hold", that is probably The Song by this band of all time. Pohjola and Gustavson co-wrote the music, and Pembroke added the lyrics. A unique effort, and one of THE classic prog songs in the history.