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The best 'drum' album ever
Bill Bruford is one of the most gifted drummers on the prog scene. This album can be considered as a follow-up to the first UK (but without vocals). The tunes are briliantly constructed, with bass played by Jeff Berlin, guitar by Allan Holdsworth, and keys by ex-Egg member, whose name I don't remember. This is the album that made me prefer fusion to jazz-rock, as the music is not based on a superimposition of solos but leans rather to a cohesion between the different instruments, and thus is closer to prog-rock than to jazz-rock. Holdsworth's guitar sections are even pleasant, not mind-blowing as on his further solo efforts. So if you are purchasing an album featuring excellent drumming with beautifully written music, check this album out.

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The best Bruford ever!!
I can not say enough about this recording and how much pleasure it has brought me. I can still remember opening the shipping box that this album arrived in as a brand new release. I immediately set it aside and purchased it. This is one a few recordings that is best listened to as a whole, I very rarely choose this or that track. I recently gave it a listen and it holds up as one of the best fusion types ever. I feel it is also Alan Holdsworth best effort. His guitar playing was hard to grasp at first, at points it is so dense with sadness and heavy emotion, on the final track he seems to tell such a story of loss and grief. It's like his guitar has a language as opposed to just dancing around the neck at random. Then I read an interview where Alan indicated he had wanted to play the saxophone and so he approaches his guitar solos as a sax, playing the notes in that fashion.(Don't overlook Alan with Bill on the U.K. album of 1978) Jeff Berlin is a star on this album also,(as he is on another album with Bruford and Kazumi Watanabe called, "The Spice of Life"). Bruford is such a generous musician, this record is not built around his drumming for the sake of him showing off, it is a collective effort. Very few drummer albums are great, but Bill writes well and knows when to play and when not to play, it's the best.

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highly recommended
A fantastic album from start to finish. I agree with the effusive reviews on this page. This is one of Bruford's finest works and the best example of his fusion playing and writing. He and Holdsworth have incredible chemistry. I rank this as one of the top fusion albums. A must for any Bruford fan.