SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND

An essential progressivealbum . While 'Supper's Ready' on Foxtrot has its own special place in prog history this album had more maturity than its predecessor and a first hint of commercial tendencies in 'I Know What I Like'.

The album has a 'feel' to it ,and 'Dancing with the Moonlit Knight', 'Firth of Fifth' and 'Cinema Show' all drip with atmosphere. Only track I don't like is 'Battle of Epping Forest' which sounds too old-fashioned and which should have been buried one or two albums earlier. Previously I have used 'Battle...' as justification for the album to lose a star, but that should not be the case given the strength of the other tracks here , so uprated to 5 stars it is!