After 10 albums with Procol Harum, lead singer, composer, and keyboard player Gary Brooker launched his solo career with this album. Of course, there were Brooker's familiar characteristics -- the steady piano work, the butterscotch soul voice. But he switched lyric partners for this set (except for the title track), trading longtime Procol wordsmith Keith Reid for Pete Sinfield, who had performed the same function for Procol contemporaries King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Brooker also tried a couple of tunes by Stiff Records pub-rocker Mickey Jupp (Jupp's versions are better) and Murray Head's "Say It Ain't So, Joe" (Roger Daltrey's version is better). The result was a varied set that succeeded in sounding like something other than Procol Harum's 11th album, although it did not demonstrate that Gary Brooker solo was going to be an improvement over the group. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Richard Myhill (Vocals), George Martin (Arranger), Bruce Lynch (Bass), Allan Ballard (Photography), Stephanie DeSykes (Vocals), Peter Wragg (?), Tim Renwick (Guitar), Dave Reilly (Vocals (Background)), Stephanie DeSykes (Vocals (Background)), Peter Wragg (Sleeve Coordinator), Clare Torry (Vocals (Background)), B.J. Cole (Guitar (Steel)), Steve Nye (Engineer), B.J. Cole (Pedal Steel), Dave Mattacks (Drums), Gary Brooker (Vocals), Clare Torry (Vocals), Richard Myhill (Vocals (Background)), Hipgnosis [Design Group] (Photography), Chris Smith (Harmonica), The Gonzales Horn Section (Horn), David Reilly (Vocals), Chris Hammer Smith (Harmonica), Gary Brooker (Keyboards), George Martin (Producer), Gonzales (Horn)
