For a band that had such a following at the time, they only made 4 albums and only two of which are worth owning: their first album, Night Songs, and this beauty. This was a bit of a left turn for them at the time as Night Songs was a glam rock masterpiece, but this album has a much more bluesy roots feel to it. Sure, it still rocks hard, but there is a huge tip of the hat to bands like The Faces and traditional blues.
Don’t Know What You’ve Got (Till It’s Gone) was a huge single from the album and made them stars due to heavy MTV rotation. It’s the rockier tracks that are my favourites, namely Bad Seamstress Blues, Gypsy Road, and the superb Second Wind which is the big up-tempo track on the album. It was the title track that got every critics attention, as it’s a big nod to traditional blues and a flagship for the whole album.
Two slightly dodgy follow up records, health issues, and grunge unfortunately put an end to the band, as it did a lot of a others, but still they left behind two kick ass records.
9/10 from The Grooveman.
