This album sums up a certain side of 70s rock. The side that drips with excessive testosterone. It opens with a bang of wailing vocals and pulsing relentless guitar in “Highway star”, a song that ends with a guitar solo so fiery and flashy, that it is all but ejaculatory. That song segues into the tight funky rock groove of “Maybe I’m a Leo”.
The album continues in this vein, with funky groove and big rock riffs, perfectly summed up in a famous song ("Smoke on the Water" in case you don't know) about how someone accidentally set a fire at a Frank Zappa concert, which burned down the venue where the band were due to make this album. This accident led them instead to record in the corridors of an old hotel, using the Rolling Stones' mobile recording studio.
This seems to be all about a certain image with big rock riffs and at least a couple of songs about cars/trucks: i.e. fast cars, loud guitars.
Solid classic rock album with some pretty interesting keyboard sounds being slotted in. I easily prefer this to Purple's 'In Rock' album.
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