Fourth album by London rockers Stray saw them change direction and incorporate strings and brass with impressive results.This album when it was first released in 1973 sold enough copies fer the band to be awarded a gold disc,amazingly it failed to chart strange eh!
To the music it starts with a short intro and thunders into Come on Over a classic Stray song which many people compare to hearing Oasis with strings abeit 20 years before Oasis formed.Highlights include the brass laden Gambler,the brilliant rocker Pretty thing which reminds this listeners ears of Reward by Teardrop Explodes and Leave it down to us which is a fantastic blast of Rock 'n' Soul.The bonus track is Brand new day which was a single B side it is very quiet no guitars but a beautiful song very much in the vein of Fool on the Hill by the Beatles.
This record was a very brave move by a band who at the time had built a large and loyal following and whose audience expected another out and out rock record but… more »

Fourth album by London rockers Stray saw them change direction and incorporate strings and brass with impressive results.This album when it was first released in 1973 sold enough copies fer the band to be awarded a gold disc,amazingly it failed to chart strange eh!
To the music it starts with a short intro and thunders into Come on Over a classic Stray song which many people compare to hearing Oasis with strings abeit 20 years before Oasis formed.Highlights include the brass laden Gambler,the brilliant rocker Pretty thing which reminds this listeners ears of Reward by Teardrop Explodes and Leave it down to us which is a fantastic blast of Rock 'n' Soul.The bonus track is Brand new day which was a single B side it is very quiet no guitars but a beautiful song very much in the vein of Fool on the Hill by the Beatles.
This record was a very brave move by a band who at the time had built a large and loyal following and whose audience expected another out and out rock record but it is a fine album in it's own right i love it because these are great songs.