Title: Anthony Phillips tries to go pop, but just doesn't know how
Product review: I've owned 11 Anthony Phillips albums over the years. This is the only one I felt the need to unload, because I knew I would NEVER feel the urge to hear it again. Phillips was looking for some pop success, but like many prog-rock musicians in the early 80s, he figured that the way to pop from his lofty sphere was to dummy down, and ended up with something that's condescending to pop fans, off-putting to prog-rock fans, and boring to both. The songs just aren't very good. To hear Phillips at his best, look for "Wise After the Event", with "Sides" and "The Geese and the Ghost" as fallbacks if you can't find it.(1=poor 2=mediocre 3=pretty good 4=very good 5=phenomenal)
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