Now we're in Steppenwolf and even Grand Funk Railroad territory, yet echoes of the original sound remain. Which really makes sense only in the world of Blue Cheer. Some really plain stupid fun songs here, though. "Saturday Freedom", anyone?
Are we sure about that? The record is hijacked – and in some cases redeemed – by ancillary or guest players. The main point is it's a downturn from the first two albums.
As noisy, heavy, and fuzz-thick as the debut record was, the follow-up generally follows that tonal blueprint and branches out into new musical horizons. Well, sort of. Released mere months after the debut, it sounds like not much time was had to come up with new material, but what's here is fairly entertaining, if not as impactful as before. The definite standouts are the covers of "Satisfaction" and "The Hunter".
The group moves even farther away from their original political stance, to the record's detriment. This sounds like a bunch of over-the-hill hippies badly playing 60's pop tunes. And it wasn't even the last record of their so-called heyday. The CJ Fish album which follows this one is supposedly a whole lot worse, but I wouldn't know, because I have never heard it.
