Title: Less pop, more power
Product review: If John Wetton is going to write a good pop song, it is going to be an accident. His best work comes when he is at his most inventive. For some reason he continues to suppress his progressive sensibilities, and most of this album suffers for it. Wetton's voice soars on songs like "Starless", "Thirty Years" and others where the structure is not so formulaeic. His voice rings flat on pop songs which weren't written to contain it. The exceptions are the two instrumentals (which should not stand out on an album showcasing the vocal talents of Wetton, "Arkangel", "Magazines", and a beautiful reworking of "Woman". If he needs to do pop songs, he should probably do what his other art-rock comrades do, and pick a bunch to covers that can stretch his talents, rather than try to write "cute" phrasings, and catchy choruses.
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