Sadly this 11-track album by former Small Faces man Ian 'Mac' McLagan neither rises nor shines.
Apart from Your Secret, a honky-tonk upbeat number, there is nothing even approaching outstanding. Unlike former Small Faces heroes such as Steve Marriott, who left the band in 1969, and the late lamented Ronnie Laine, all of whom could sing and grab your attention, McLagan isn't in the same league.
All right, he went on to play as a session man for stars such as Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones and is still well regarded in the industry, but this is a pot boiler.
Most of the lyrics seem stuck in a Sixties/Seventies time warp and, given the appalling banality of many of the lyrics, that's where they ought to have remained.
Hammond organ wizard and no slouch on guitar, McLagan's approach to music is laudable, he seems to be saying: 'I like it, so I'll play it.' The good thing is you don't have to buy it. I wouldn't.
Updated: 08:12 Thursday, June 24, 2004
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