![]() So far so good gets even better with my favourite track following `Goodbye Elsimore' is a sing-along tune with great harmonies and backing vocals topped off with a guest guitar solo from Steve Hackett. Puffed out of breath, the title track (co-written by Robert Fripp) follows with an atmospheric intro and it's a pretty fine song too although more laid back. Starting off with the aggressive, up-tempo `Lost for words' the album gets off to a powerful start and with its abrupt silences (three I counted, not including the end), wicked drumming (Sherwood?) and stonking chorus so that we're really in a wide awake mood by the time it's finished. `Raised in Captivity', recorded with massive input and assistance by ex-Yes man Billy Sherwood just doesn't quite cut the mustard for me as a combined work, hence only four stars, although it does have some great moments that only John Wetton can produce. So 21 years later is this offering as good as that album ? In my opinion it's not, and believe me I have played it many times. John Wetton's informative sleeve notes tell us that this title was originally intended for his 1990 masterpiece album that was ultimately entitled `Battle Lines'. ![]()
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