DEADLINES

People really enjoyed knocking the Strawbs by the time this album was released. Deadlines is not a bad album. Once you accept that the music trends had changed with certain line ups and comparing Deadlines to say, Grave New World is like comparing apples with strawberries, then you can enjoy this album immensley.

Dave Lambert played a more dominant role in the latter 70's releases and his contributions were always consistent. Yes the songs were more pop orientated but there are some real gems on there like Words of Wisdom. This is a song about Carlos Castaneda and the wise people of Mexico it seems and it evokes the mood and spirituality Castaneda wrote about. Awesome song really worth listening too! Other great songs on the album are Time and Life, Joey and Me and New Beginnings.Strawbs effectively disbanded after the aptly named Deadlines but resumed further releases in the late 80's to present day.

3.5 stars.