SOMEBODY'S WATCHING

This album sounds totally different than their first three ones. You can forget about the great organ play, the catchy melodies and the fully prog oriented music sometimes close to ELP that "Rare Bird" has been playing so far.

Funk & Rhythm & Blues, that's all we get here. Needless to say that this change is far to please my poor ears. They are severely suffering while listening to any of these tracks. Same sort of weak music all the way through. No need to name them all of course. At random : "Turn Your Head", "More & More" (real bad) etc.

The only bearable song as far as I am concerned is Who Is The Hero. It is a great rock ballad, full of poetry and emotion. Like they use to write some years prior to this album. But one great track is a bit short.

This album is a major disappointment. The only reason to get this album would be to buy the 1997 CD edition which combines this one with their good first album. A strange marketing policy. They should have better released their first two albums in this format. But I guess that, as such, there was at least some interest (but only for their debut, believe me).

One star.

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