One of many solo albums issued by band members during the Moody Blues seven years hiatus between the "Seventh Sojourn" and "Octave" albums. To me Michael Pinder was one of the group's most prominent songwriters and vocalists with numbers as "Melancoly Man", "The Best Way To Travel", "Have You Heard" and "Lost In A Lost World" - all melodic, emotional and very catchy. And that is more or less what you get on this. Though made without other Moody members some of the tracks here have about the same feeling as his contributions to the band albums. "Free As A Dove" slightly up-tempo with sensitive vocals and a nice soft electric guitar in the background. "I Only Want To Love You" and "The Promise" slow emotional ballads that would have fit perfectly on any earlier MB LP if arranged and recorded by the band instead of this more anonymous studio composite. Not that it's bad in any way, but to me Pinder and his songwriting was such a big part of the Moody Blues outcomes in the late sixties and early seventies so if it doesn't sound exactly like them it's not 100% right. When posting "Long Distance Voyager" earlier I wrote that I missed Michael Pinder. Here I got him, but instead I miss the rest of the band. Same as with all their solo efforts - all having good parts and intentions, but the true magic only happens when they're all together. Released on vinyl in US, Canada, Japan, Downunder and all over Europe. UK cassette (KTHC 18). US 1996 CD on One Step Records (OSR 0433) came with two bonus tracks. Premiere UK had label as shown here in a matt fold/out cover with lyric/picture insert. (MBÅL*) (DÄRR*)
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