This is the band’s second album released in ’76, and is a pomp rock fans wet dream. Whether Casablanca records saw them as the exact opposite to Kiss with their dark image, it made perfect sense to market Angel in all white (I remember thinking it was a cool gimmick if it were true). Other than the Tower, I thought the first album was lacking somewhat in decent tunes, but this album is a lot stronger – and with all the keyboards it almost feels like a Prog album.
The Fortune is grandiose and overblown with a killer intro – Genesis would have been proud. Songs like Pressure Point have a more traditional rock approach, with the stock riff-by-numbers sound. They were a quirky little band that sort of existed in their own universe, until the record company put pressure on them and they slowly changed their sound and became just another rock band. This is probably my favourite Angel album other than the Live one.
7.5/10 from The Grooveman.
