DANGER MONEY

This album has grown on me over the years. It suffered from impossibly high expectations. I remember that I also judged the album as "too commercial" based on the single, Nothing to Lose. In truth, it's not a commercial album at all. There are a few hooky choruses but, then again, Time To Kill from the debut album had a hooky chorus and no one complained because it had great instrumental passages. The same is the case here.

With Eddie Jobson's keys dominating without a guitar, the band sound at times echoes ELP, at other times, Crimson. Jobson's fine violin playing adds plenty of intensity and spice at times, eg. Caesar's Palace Blues. Terry Bozzio was, as you would expect, outstanding, a worth replacement for BB. John Wetton took advantage of the extra space with some excellent basswork, and he was in fine voice on this session, less pitchy than before.

UK's debut album was one of the great albums of prog. This album is not as good, but still a great prog album.