Title: It ain't rock, but that's okay...
Review: I've heard other people say that the Move's last album, "Message From the Country", is really the first ELO album. Not if you listen to this. Other than "10538 Overture", you'll be hard-pressed to find an electric guitar on the album (okay, CD...) I hear no similarity between this and "Message From the Country".This is a moody little set of tunes, filled out by Roy Wood, sawing away at cello and viola. Gone are some of Wood's shrill attempts at vocal acrobatics that had a tendency to sabotage his efforts with the Move. He's toned down quite a bit here.When I say moody, I mean it. There are no light pop songs to be found. An almost gothic atmosphere pervades most of the CD. The one major exception would have to be "First Movement," which is uncomfortably reminiscent of "Classical Gas".A melancholy mood for a Victorian drawing room... and yet somehow satisfying and enjoyable.
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