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's
has the distinction of being the album that contained the first song that the band sang that wasn't theirs. Written by
, the syrupy
only went as high as number 67 on the singles chart for
, but
managed to take it all the way to number four only three years later. The rest of
failed to garner any hits and is a slight disappointment after the success of their self-titled debut in 1972, which harbored the band's first number one hit in
and after
, their satisfying follow-up.
peaked at number 28 on the album charts, faltering mainly because the songs lacked the cordial
melodies and mindful songwriting that prevailed on the earlier releases.
and
are the album's best cuts, but banal offerings such as
have
straying off course, sounding stale and musically feeble. The unsuccessful repercussions that evolved from
both commercially and otherwise were not overlooked by the band, and they rebounded with 1974's
, an album which yielded hits in
which both made
's Top Five. ~ Mike DeGagne