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Title: One great song, one good song, seven fillers
Review: I had been looking for the Strawbs' song "Deadly Nightshade" for almost twenty years. You can't imagine how excited I was when I found this album on CD. Once I got it, I can't tell you how disappointing it was. Made in 1978, when disco and pompous prog rock were king, this album lives up to that standard. The song that I was searching for is still excellent, haunting keyboards (harpsichord and organ), great bass line, eerie vocals, everything that I loved about that song. The rest of the album is very much like the worst aspects of Genesis and E.L.P. albums of that time period: cheesy riffs, pompous structures, and bad song writing. If you have ever heard this song, you will still probably want this disc, it's almost worth the $10 for that song alone, however, the rest of the disc leaves much to be desired.
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