LAST EXIT

"Last Exit" is very uneven album that reflects the period of crisis and dissolution of the group. Apart from excellent proggy "Shanghai Noodle Factory" filled with "proto- symphonic" acoustic guitar, organ and flute, and slightly less interesting R'n'B track "Medicated Goo", all other songs are semi-developed, uninspired and sub-produced. Two extended live tracks are nothing more than improvisational jams, nice for fans of this type of music but not in any way essential to TRAFFIC's career, much less for prog-rock in general. It is a listenable album, surely interesting for TRAFFIC collectors, but not so for other prog listeners.