UNDER WRAPS

Oh dear! True 80's influences affected this album with the " Glam" tag. In retrospect it is not as bad as many reviewers make out, but unfortunately poorer material from the 80's irrespective of artist, dated very quickley. This is indeed one of those. The songs are just a mish mash of sounds and if I had to highlight one specific song over another, I would be lying. Yes the keyboards are mostly to blame but Dave Pegg still manages to salvage some quality sounds with his bass and of course Anderson's vocals are as usual pleasant on the ear. Barre's contribution also not much to call home about.

Anyway if you are a JT fan you will own this and the most ardent fands will maybe even like it but be warned it is rather low on the richter scale of prog, maybe a 3, so don't expect many tremors. Two stars.