The album that boosted into at least semi-fame outside of continental Europe, blasts off with their hit single, Built around a killer guitar hook by and a series of solo turns by the band, this instrumental replaced as a staple of FM radio. The bizarrely hilarious vocal and accordion solos by -- one of which absurdly concludes with rousing stadium cheers -- have to be heard to be believed. After this over-the-top performance, the other tracks seem comparatively constrained: the gentle features some gorgeous guitar over Mellotron strings. The album concludes with which while mimicking the multi-suite nomenclature of and , is essentially a side-long jam session. Stop-time organ solos alternate with languid sections of jazzy guitar redolent of , while still other sections are flat-out electric stomps. It's impressive playing, though it comes off as a bit meandering after the tightly structured solos that began the album. ~ Paul Collins