CD Details

RAGAMUFFINS FOOL

JACKSON HEIGHTS
1972 , UK , EAN CODE 5013929727120 - EURO 13.00

Label: ESOTERIC RECORDINGS

ALBUM REVIEW
The third album from Jackson Heights and the second to feature the line up featuring Brian Chatton and John McBurnie with former King Crimson drummer Mike Giles as a "guest drummer". The majority of the vocals on this album are sung by Chatton who is far and above a better vocalist than Lee Jackson, although Jackson's performance on "Catch A Thief" is not bad since this is a fast piano driven number which suits Jackson's limited vocal range much better than the quiet acoustic numbers. Unfortunately he does sing on one soft track, which is a remake of the chorale movement from The Nice's "Five Bridges Suite" (titled here as "Chorale"). While this is not as painful as the folky rendition of "Cry of Eugene" from Jackson Heights debut, this is hardily an essential remake. All of the first side and the title track on the second side are fantastic, although the last four songs are nothing more than filler. Six out of ten still ain't that bad and I would still rather listen to this than ELP's "Trilogy" which came out the same year. (tagomago - Rate Your Music)