AN OLD CASTLE OF TRANSYLVANIA

I find this album a bit unbalanced and unsatisfying on the whole, but it certainly has some great moments. My complaint is that there are few tracks that are great all the way through. Lots of styles are present, from harder rock, to spacey & ominous Moogy prog, to more commercial-leaning balladic stuff with 'mournful' vocals that tend to irritate me (which reminds me of the parts of the Far Out/ Far East Family Band albums that I don't like, kinda ruining the good bits in the process). But, that's just my tastes. Folks who don't mind the ballads and the vocal style may well find this a more wholly satisfying listen. I'm curious to hear their second & third albums, which I suspect I might like a lot more.