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   Given the great apreciation this band and album have in the forum, I got it with high expectations, but it really didn't measure up for me.  There's just something that didn't click with me.  Some nice moments, but the melodies just didn't grab me, and Wetton's singing just didn't work for me.

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Dellinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: June 18 2009 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 12816	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dellinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 21 2018 at 21:21
	Given the great apreciation this band and album have in the forum, I got it with high expectations, but it really didn't measure up for me. There's just something that didn't click with me. Some nice moments, but the melodies just didn't grab me, and Wetton's singing just didn't work for me.

Fischman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 21 2018 Location: Colorado, USA Status: Offline Points: 1636	Post Options Post Reply Quote Fischman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 21 2018 at 16:56
	What a great description of this album! Thanks for the most excellent tribute. Wetton was always a master, but this was his best gig, and having Holdsworth in the mix was pure magic. I remember when I discovered this album, long after its release and thought "where have you been all my life?"

SteveG Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20617	Post Options Post Reply Quote SteveG Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 21 2018 at 04:11
	I thought the debut was fantastic and I still play it a lot today. The down side was that it gave me some false hope that prog would continue in both quality and quantity during the punk/new wave explosion but that was not be! Rats.
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Davels666 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: July 20 2018 Location: Bracciano Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Davels666 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 21 2018 at 02:42
	An indisputable masterpiece! pity that the group has not had a long discography!

prog4evr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 22 2005 Location: Wuhan, China Status: Offline Points: 1455	Post Options Post Reply Quote prog4evr Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 21 2018 at 02:02
	The line-up of Allan Holdsworth, Bill Bruford, Eddie Jobson, and John Wetton (RIP) was second to NONE. The first album is a phenomenal display of their prog and virtuoso sensibilities. I am aware that some songs on their first album are "debatable" for artistic majesty, but I - for one - find none of the songs on this first album with fallible character. Rather, it is the best album the group ever produced - especially since Bruford and Holdsworth left the band to form Bruford's solo band constituency of the late 1970's and and early 1980's. Several times before Wetton passed unfortunately, Jobson & Wetton "put the band back together" (albeit without Bruford or Holdsworth) - but, nonetheless, stellar in its incarnation. Most, if not all, of the music on this first album is "timeless" (though that might be debated amongst the purists, as it were). Let us raise up a toast (of whatever beverage is best for your overall health) to the prog super-group of prog super-groups: UK!