' third original album (and their highest charting, peaking at number 25) was also their most rewarding, filled with mostly first-rate songs beautifully executed. The hits singles and (both authored by of the East Coast band ) helped propel the LP's sales, but there was a cornucopia of superb music surrounding them. Opening with driven by horns and a jangly folk-rock guitar, the album pulls the listener through the goofy Hollywood-spawned pop of (co-written by , and a third single off the LP, but not a hit) and the gentle / -composed one of the two prettiest tunes on this record. And that's just the first eight minutes -- the weirdly trippy and the (the latter also a great showcase for ' bass) also awaited listeners headed for Side two is no less impressive, offering a piece of psychedelic pop authored by , and the hauntingly beautiful the B-side to composed by a young . The band saves its boldest satirical impulses for the finale, Its easy, unforced, quietly clever take on psychedelic pop makes this one of the more deceptively beguiling records of its era -- as well as the best of ' original albums. And ironically, was also a better showcase for 's music than their own band, , ever gave them. ~ Bruce Eder