SCRAPBOOK

I would not recommend Scrapbook by Clouds. There is not the slightest bit of progressive music on it. The songs are mostly poorly written pop ballads. The production and recording are pretty bad. They're supposed to be one of the first bands to use organ as the lead instrument, But you'd never know it by listening to this album. There's hardly any lead organ at all on it, and what there is is sloppy, and they even add in a very cheesy guitar part in the song I'll Go Girl. I guess Clouds were desperate for vocal support because they have a roadie and their producer singing on a pub like song Grandad. And their song lyrics, you can't get any more sophomoric than that! All in All a very bad studio debut for Clouds! Pretty embarrassing actually. I'll bet even Mr. Ritchie cringes listening to Scrapbook!