SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND

An album with a distinct sound c/f Who's Next. All tracks sit together comfortably making it a great listen through. Earlier albums tend to swing between elegiac twiddly bits and thumping prog. Others have written thousands of words eulogising this album, so I will focus on what's special for me. I love the quintessential Englishness of the vocals and lyrics especially the punning 70's supermarket name-checking Aisle of Plenty, the opening verse of moonlit knight and the mockney voices of the Battle of Epping Forest. There are of course some great waves of Banks' solos in Firth and Cinema The only weak track is More Fool Me, not especially a Collins fault ,it would be weak whoever sang it.