Title: Only 4 stars because it's not his very best... get it anyway..
Product review: A somewhat less than stellar Al album is light-years ahead of just about everybody..Even though the liner notes say Al doesn't remember much of the recording for this, the relationship fog he was in gave him an extra bit of something somehow making this album a winner... There isn't one song on here I'd toss off the record and the rare additions including the intense News from Spain are a great bonus.. Al shifts from mildly disheartened to deadly earnest to tongue in cheek and back again often in the same song.The guitar playing is nimble and unique throughout.. Manuscript is perhaps the jewel of the collection.If you like him at any stage of his career at all this album will definitely please you.. It's one of my top five A.S. albums now..
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