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Title: Strawbs fans don't rush to meet Deadlines.
Review: The Strawbs never really could decide whether to be a progressive rock band or just your basic pop-rock band. This album symbolizes that split personality perfectly - with the first half containing lame pop songs, and the second half getting a little more progressive. By this time ('78), The Strawbs had been cranking out albums at an incredible pace and sounded musically and creatively exhausted. Time And Life, Deadly Nightshade and Words Of Wisdom are about the only cuts worth listening to on this, their final major-label outing (they would be dropped by Arista after this album.) What is amazing, though, is that their two masterpieces - Hero & Heroine and Ghosts - still aren't available on CD in the U.S.
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