My overall opinion is this:
Nothing wrong with Gordon's writing or his singing on this one.
The drawbacks are these:
1.Trying to fit the into late '70s "California" sound. I.E.; The Eagles,Fleetwood Mac,Joe Walsh and a few WB acts of the day.
2.Musically,it's a little uneven. You have Rock in the title track,you have the odd "Songs The Minstrel Sang" which seems to have no category.
You have typical Gord in I.C.H.W. and Sweet Guenevire,Country in Hangdog Hotel Room and Pop/top 40 with The Circle Is Small and Daylight Katy. It would have been quite a hat trick to successfully mix these formats together and have a patinum seller!
3.The beginning of burnout,from contractually having to have an LP out every year,is rearing it's head. He really needed a break.
So,even though the songs have grown on me,I'd give this one a rating of 5 out of possible 10.
It's not the worst or the best,just good.
