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It is about eight years ago when I bought a second hand pick-up and a few vinyl records: Mike Oldfields Tubular Bells and this record of Kayak. The price of the pick-up and the records was about 15 euro together and became the starting point of my vinyl collection which turned into a vinyl addiction in the next years. I explored all the categories within rock and soon became a huge fan of bands like King Crimson, Yes, etc., etc... It's quiet amazing now that the thing that made me decide getting a pick-up was the promise of a colleaque that I could have his Motörhead vinyl of "Ace of Spades" if I had one.

Because I only owned a few records in the beginning I listened to this record dozens of times. This up-tempo cross-over prog with some nice symphonic melodies is still one of my favourite Kayak records. It's optimistic songs bring forth an enthousiastic atmosphere and the music is full of nice solo's. One of my favourite tracks is "Stop that song" with the great melodie started by flute and followed by guitar. The trumpet is doing a great job here by blowing some happy tunes.

This record is full of cross-over prog with some nice ballads and up-tempo rock songs. The songwriting is aboth average. It's just since a week ago I discovered that this record is from the 80's. When I keep in mind that progressive rock was having a hard time to survive these days my admiration of this record grows. This is no masterpiece however, but just a nice and warm record. It's an easy listening without much tension, but with great enthousiasm and some good songs. 3,5 stars.

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