This isn’t my favorite Renaissance disc, but it is quite a good one. It was the last of the older style of music from them. Pretty much everything from Renaissance is strong, so you can count this among that set. It’s got some classic songs, that’s for sure. There’s not a weak track in the bunch, but there are a couple I like better than the rest.

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Starting with classical piano, that holds the cut for a time. That piano turns more toward jazz after the first minute or so, but continues as the only instrument. Eventually we’re taken out into fast paced, but very symphonic progressive rock. The cut is energized, dramatic and powerful. We’re taken into a fast paced, classically oriented movement after the vocal section completes. It has a bit of a jazz vibe on hand, too. It drops down to a mellower segment for the next vocals. It begins to intensify that particular arrangement as they continue onward.