With guitarist out of the picture, the post- was able to take their career off life support temporarily by adding guitarist beginning with this 1973 release. Having just dissolved his short-lived fusion band , 's creative playing injects a little and into the usually rocking , most noticeably on Staccato guitar lines and congas begin the song, an old-style boogie fills the middle, and then a sound effect explosion abruptly brings it all to a jarring, nonsensical close. It's all of the album's problems in a nutshell since the knotty and the normal are at odds throughout, although there are many moments to remember. Even if 's wistful doesn't fit with the other tracks it's a highlight, as is the opening rocker where conmen ("Your note said you went to Charleston/But I know you went to New Mexico) and cretins ("You left behind a dead father/A sick mother and 4 younger kids") are forced to face up to love. feels less like a band album and more like talented studio musicians on the loose, but die-hard fans of either or the late will enjoy it, if only in fits and starts. ~ David Jeffries