JET LAG

Without wishing to appear harsh, it would appear "Jet lag" is exactly what the band were suffering when they recorded this. All the excitement of "Photos of ghosts" and "The world become the world" etc. have evaporated, to be replaced by dull jazz noodlings, and off key vocals.

It all starts promisingly with the brief acoustic guitar intro "Peninsula", but the title track soon looms large (literally), and everything goes pear shaped. The vocalist sounds almost identical to Roger Chapman on this track, but unfortunately the rest of the band prefer to align themselves with King Crimson on a bad day.

There are some occasional reprieves such as the flute on "Storia in LA", and the violin on "Cerco La Lingua", but such interludes are all too brief and sparse.

With the album being recorded in Burbank USA, and London UK, and released on ELP's Manticore label, expectations were understandably high. Too bad then that the band failed to deliver, and the impetus for finding a wider audience was lost.

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