CYCLONE

3.75 stars. This album came down with heavy criticism as it got released. What a shock for the purist as Peter Bauman had left and they had to enlist another drummer but also a flutist/vocalist/keyboardist in the person of Steven Joliffe ( an Englishmen at that!!!! ) . Joliffe is a journeyman well-known in English rock circles having done many stints with many bands most notably the progressive blues rock Steamhammer. And what a change , he brings as he EVEN SINGS on one track (Sidewalks if I remember well), but also brings more and more real instruments into the music.

Most TD purist will still loathe this album , but I never did and nowadays I think that it is a welcome and pleasant interlude in the huge bundles of excellent TD of the 70's.