spawned the biggest hit for , the wonderfully obsessive, questioning dilemma titled Here are at the peak of their powers in the days prior to and lustful songs like being the only of their three Top 40 hits to land in the Top 15. and share all the songwriting credits here, save the intriguing camp/ of the / composition It's 's pantomime vocal entwined with the band's serious that creates something very special. The final track, is five-minutes-plus of this intense, earthy , producer capturing in the studio that energy the band generated in concert. Bassist told AMG he loved the drawing on the album jacket, noting, " found the hand painting...(it) got in a best album cover art book." This was a natural progression from 1973's , the band's arrangements working perfectly with 's production, with being a tip of the hat to the group's second home outside of Boston. makes a great statement over 's foundation piano sound, one that evolves from that instrument to organ, giving a chance to throw some haunting guitar work over its conclusion. The song's six-minute length is topped only by the nearly seven minutes of perhaps a dig at 's from four years prior. are the band showing precision in their craft, releasing quite a bit of music between 1973's popular the album that same year, and this solid effort. The short, one-minute-14-second title track, sounds like an ode to nitrous oxide (laughing gas), and probably was. The album produces one of the effects of that drug: exhilaration, and is a fine example of their creative musical journey. ~ Joe Viglione