FRAGILE

As the sleeve notes on the inside of this record gatefold cover inform us, five out of nine tracks on this album are individual efforts of band members, while the rest is the result of their team work. I will start with the latter, which is for me definitely better part of this work. Within group arranged tracks, there are three extended among which the best one to me is 'Heart Of The Sunrise' closely followed by 'South Side Of The Sky' while 'Roundabout' I personally find least impressive. Individual achievements are solid cuts, but real highlights are Anderson's 'Long Distance Runaround' and especially Howe's acoustic 'Mood For A Day'. Obviously, this album concept was to allow each band member to express his musical individuality and affinity, but at the same time to show richness and power of their group performance. In that, they really made it well.