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DEADLINES

Strawbs

 

Prog Folk

2.90 | 63 ratings

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Tarcisio Moura
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2 stars 2,5 stars, really. I remember buying this album in late 1979. I guess it was the last Strawbs album ever released in Brazil and it didn´t sell much. I found my copy on a sales bin, very cheap. I got it even if the ugly cover wasn´t very promising. When I played I knew it was not to be one of my favourite Strawbs works. The sound was leaning towards a more commercial path than on the previous good Deep Cuts.

But Deadlines was not really bad. It has good tracks like Words of Wisdom (their most progressive effort here). Deadly Nightshade and the excellent rocker The Last Resort (great keys and a stunning solo by Dave Lambert). But overall this is album is too directionless for the average Strawbs fan. Much of the songs sound a bit forced and without much energy or conviction (New Beginnings is a good example), even if the performance is still very good and the songwriting is ok too. A sadness feeling hangs ominously all over the tracks, as if they knew the end was near.

Deadlines is not a good starting point if you´re new to this important english band. However, if you´re familiar to their earlier stuff and liked Strawbs late 70´s stuff, then chances are you might enjoy this album. It has its merits, but it is a sure shot only for fans, collectors and completionists,

Tarcisio Moura | 2/5 |

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