Rating: 4/5
Review:
A very decent album
This is a very decent album from Roger Daltrey. It has its weak moments, but it's still very
worthwhile, I think.
The best of the album is the lushly-produced, blues-rock
which makes up most of it, including the title track which opens the
album. It's decent material with some
good musicianship, including the guitar of Pete Townshend in places and a fine
group of backing singers, and Daltrey himself is still in good voice. Some reviewers have complained that his voice
isn't what it was in the glory days of The Who, which is true, of course, but
he uses what he has very well. It's true
that we don't get the thrilling magnificence of things like Love Reign O'er Me
or Baba O'Reilly any more, but there's power and control here, combined with
the long experience which means he can really put a song over.
It's not all great.
Some of the quieter tracks don't work so well, mainly because they're
simply rather poor material; Into My Arms is a pretty dreadful song, for
example, with a weak tune and dismally bad lyrics. However, these are blips in an otherwise good
album. It's not a classic, but in my
view it's largely good solid stuff with some very good highlights. Recommended.
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