His first solo album. As a member of one the most creative and hard-hitting combos back then he had all requirements for putting a tophole crew together. I will never understand why he chose to team up with Leo Sayer, Adam Faith and Dave Courtney for songwriting and production. All very good in what they did, but seriously not the most innovative or exciting trio. Even if Russ Ballard and Bob Henrit from Argent participated and B.J Cole chipped in on steel guitar it was still safe play. And that is excatly what it sounds like. While "The Story So Far" stands out with some odd raggaeish arrangements the rest is plain country rock and ballads...ordinary and radio friendly. The familiar voice helps and some of the songs aren't bad in themselves, but listening to the whole LP in one sitting makes me tired and pettish. An essential part of any Who collection worthy of the name, but probably not the most played album in there. Early US on MCA/Track (MCA-328). Premiere UK had flat matt label as shown here and structured fold/out cover. (WÖH*)(TRÄC*)
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