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Birth Control at the summit of their art rock career. The heavy rock tendencies of their three first are clearly neglect in favour of dynamic, jazzy progressive rock compositions. The Uriah Heep influences have a minor place here. This album is said to be conceptual as suggest the cover and the lyrics. The typical humorous tone of the band is always present. The instrumental breaks and interludes often combine well found guitar / synth dialogues for fast, technical, optimistic, melodic atmospheres. The complexity of the instrumentals, the energy and the alchemy between the musicians are the positive points of this album, however the global sound is terribly old dated, sometimes laughable. Moreover none tune really distinguish itself from the rest of the album. A recommended purchase for Birth Control fans, maybe their most original too.