Producer took on such a major role in ' second album that he amounted to a more influential force, perhaps, than anyone in the band. He arranged, conducted, and wrote or co-wrote six of the ten selections. Most noticeably, there were arrangements, complete with tympanis and blaring horns, that wouldn't have been out of place in film scores, large bands, or even (at their most dissonant) early records. Obviously he and/or the band were trying to be more than they could on their hit singles, and the inclusion of the hit singles and made the LP all the more a strange affair. Not nearly as -oriented as their debut album, it was a quirky failure, as were ultimately much more suited towards making AM singles than delving into somewhat strange orchestrated horn (although 's songs were usually fairly hummable love songs when the arrangements were stripped away). In fact, the strongest cut other than the hit singles, could have been a hit without the oddball horn charts. combined with the group's third LP, , on a single-disc CD reissue. ~ Richie Unterberger