Wishbone's sophamore effort from 1971 suffers by comparison with both its predecessor, their excellent, energetic debut album, and its successor, the career defining "Argus" which is one of THE classic British Rock albums of the 70s.
It's a good album of course, but after an excellent start ... Read review
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Advantages: excellent guitar playing Disadvantages: inconsistent material
Wishbone's sophamore effort from 1971 suffers by comparison with both its predecessor, their excellent, energetic debut album, and its successor, the career defining "Argus" which is one of THE classic British Rock albums of the 70s.
It's a good album of course, but after an excellent start it sags in the middle, and the closing live track smacks of a band short of material and desperately trying to find forty minutes worth of material to meet a ... ...opens proceedings with a duel between the lead guitars of Andy Powell and Ted Turner and bassist Martin Turner's scat vocals. It's an exhilarating start and paves the way for the outstanding (almost) title track. "The Pilgrim" wafts in gently, slightly reminiscent of Jimmy Page's "Black Mountainside" before evolving into a head-shaking guitar thrash. Epic stuff! "Jailbait", despite the slightly suspect lyrics--never an Ash strongpoint--gets by because ...
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