This was the band's comeback album after a fairly dire patch in the mid-'70s. The fact is, (originally issued by ) isn't really that good a record, lacking the imagination and spirit of experimentation that highlighted their early albums for . But at its best, it was smoothly commercial, standing next to those earlier albums roughly where ' early disco stuff stood next to material like . And it was a success, mostly thanks to the presence of 's best song to date, the -like With its original lineup back together, went for the gold this time, building their music on folk-like melodies (and a distinctly American sound, at that), country-type hooks ( ), and pleasing harmonies, exemplified by where the group sounds like an earthier, edgier . 's writing also took on a trans-Atlantic character -- gone was the distinct English character of songs like and in its place was a poppier American sound, with some brief, embarrassing digressions into funky R&B ( ). whose subject is no more ambitious than its title, would have been an embarrassment to during the early '70s, but it was the kind of sound that didn't offend radio programmers, and became a familiar track on FM radio even in America, where the band had scarcely made any impression in earlier years. Producer kept the instrumentation simple and the sound pretty much rooted in midtempo rock, and the result was a pleasing collection of new tunes. ~ Bruce Eder