SUDDEN PRAYERS MAKE GOD JUMP

According to the liner notes the band released "Growing" after "Keeping Up". Anyway after a string of broken promises from the management company the stress started to build amongst the band members and they broke up. Eventually the Jones brothers decided to make one last album under the name JONESY. They brought in some session musicians and decided this was going to be their creative statement. So yeah they did a concept album. This is about a guy having a mental breakdown, and they take us through the different stages he goes through. So they recorded it but the label wouldn't let them out of their contract even though the band felt they had breached the contract. They couldn't afford to fight them in court so they walked away from it all. Then to make things worse someone stole the master tapes. So what we have here is a copy from an old cassette. So needless to say the sound quality isn't the best.

"Dark Room" opens with outbursts of sound that come and go until it kicks in before a minute. An instrumental break after 2 minutes with lots of sax is good. Ripping guitar before 3 1/2 minutes then a calm. Reserved vocals join in. Emotional guitar before 5 1/2 minutes then it picks back up.

"Running" opens with drums and people yelling in the background. The music kicks in. Blistering guitar 2 minutes in followed by a sax solo. "Bad Dreams" opens with organ? it's hard to tell, then reserved vocals join in. It picks up after 2 1/2 minutes with a strong BEATLES flavour. "The Lights Have Changed" is uptempo to start before it settles and vocals join in. Contrasts continue. "Old Gentleman's Relief" is experimental to start then strummed guitar and vocals take over. Not a fan of this at all. "Anthem" features piano and vocals. Backing vocals too, and again the BEATLES come to mind.

I'm thinking if this sounded really good i'd give it 3 stars, but because of the poor sound quality 2 stars is all I can muster.