DEADLINES

Strawbs

Prog Folk

2.90 | 63 ratings

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ZowieZiggy
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This is the last Strawbs album before a long period of silence (almost ten years).

The music one can discover is more in the pop-rock vein: very basic music but at times with catchy vocal harmonies (Joey & Me). It is sure that the Strawbs that I liked (From The Witchwood as well as Hero & Heroine) doesn't exist any longer but this album is not a bad one (much superior than Nomadness and Deep Cuts).

There are some songs with a Moodies feeling (Sealed With A Traitor's Kiss) which features a fine melody and is one of my preferred songs out of these Deadlines. But other ballads are really difficult to bear like the syrupy and mellowish I Don't Want To Talk About It. I totally agree.

The rock feeling alternates with the ballad one and a song as The Last Resort is on the good side again which is not really the case with the AOR style Time & Life. It's a slow and heavy rock number which could have been avoided; but I'm not a fan of this type of music.

Easy listening music all the way through is what you'll get with this Strawbs work. Not too bad but not really good either. Some blunders though (New Beginnings is the second one). The album is better towards its end: the bombastic Deadly Nighshade and the truly symphonic Words Of Wisdom being my favourite songs from these Deadlines.

Three stars. Their work IMO since Ghosts.

ZowieZiggy | 3/5 | 2008-10-22

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