After the domestic successes with the previous "Lime Light" and the "Pictures and Sounds" soundtrack, which also gave them some international recognition, the band got to record an album with help from UK producers Ivor Raymonde and Gus Dudgeon. With the strong melodic semi-psych predecessors in mind and the album title alluding to dirty circumstances you would expect this to be tophole psych pop or freakbeat, but it's not. There are couple of good songs, it's well played and Ola Håkansson's vocal's still peculiar, but to me it sounds overproduced. Too much reverb, lots of brass and strings everywhere - in hindsight maybe not that unexpected when involving Raymonde who at the same time also worked with Dusty Springfield and Walker Brothers. The production is tophole, elaborated and balanced, but doesn't fit the band. All that made the previous albums special is gone, instead you get average British orchestrated pop, molded the same way as dozens of UK artists and bands. So if you're into that kind it's OK, but those who expect psych, freakbeat or garage will be disappointed. Swedish release as "compatible stereo", but it's more or less mono. Also issued in Argentina (Magenta 7.012). Premiere Swedish had label as shown here and fully laminated cover with top opening. (SCÄ*)(ÖJÅX*) (CCÖ*)
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