scored their commercial breakthrough with , their second album, which was recorded live. So, it was only natural that would requisition another concert recording as the follow-up less than eight months later. Happily, the trio had plenty more material to serve up, and , bassist and comic frontman, was never at a loss for words to cover the tuning. The entertaining group mixed forcefully sung songs like the medley of and with humorous ditties like which made fun of the trend toward psychological excuses for villainous behavior even as it satirized Western songs. ( might have taken note.) also came in for a send-up in 's tribute to a starlet's inviting derriere. If was ' spokesman, tenor was their musical strength, as demonstrated on the tender But it was the group's ability to mix different moods (along with their sheer singing talent) that made their act such a success in concert, a success transferred so effectively to disc that it seemed they should record nothing but live albums. (As it turned out, they recorded more than most.) Not surprisingly, followed into the Top Ten. ~ William Ruhlmann