Title: slight but professional
Product review: Really 2 1/2 stars--maybe three.This wasn't much when it was released, and it hasn't withstood the ravages of time particularly well. Still, it is professionally put together. The musicans are competent--in tune and in time. Yes, the lyrics are mediocre, but only occasionally embarrassing ("The Animal Trainer and the Toad" and "My Lady"). I like the record's crunchy sound, and the guitar lick (with overdubs apparently) that alternates with the sailor whistle tune in its title song.By the way, this is NOT "heavy metal". For one thing, the term hadn't been invented yet. For other things, there are no devil-worship or monster-movie lyrics; there is no incessant repetition of an...riff as in Black Sabbath's "Iron Man"; and there is nothing over-the-top or excessive or unpleasant about the record all. It is an unassuming, simple, straightforward product of its time. There is some hard rock, and there are some gentler pieces.
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