After a short break-up during which the group splitting was announced, the brothers were back together in the studio with new guitarist Alan Kendall (previously in "Toe Fat") and drummer Geoff Bridgeford (from Australian group "The Groove"). The twelve tracks were chosen from a big bulk of recordings done at the time. All songs on it are ballads and the lyrics about lost loves, hopelessness and defeat. I got friends who truly hate the album and consider it their absolutely worst. I beg to differ. It's so well done - songwriting, vocals, arrangements and production - on to the perfect audio of this first UK press. Even though I don't play it all the time, there was and always will be melancholy moments when it fits better than anything else. Produced by Robert Stigwood and the group. It did OK in US at #34. The first single from it - "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" - topped Billboard, while the second - "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself" - halted at #57. Both album and first single failed in UK and didn't chart at all. US issue on ATCO (SD 7003). First UK had label as shown here and matt fold/out cover.(BÅXÅ*)
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