Gary Brooker
wrote music and lyrics for all the songs on his second album and acted as his own producer, resulting in perhaps his most personal statement as an artist. Unlike
No More Fear Of Flying
, on which he sometimes just seemed to be the singer on his own record, here
Brooker
delivered his songs with feeling, enabling him to overcome the star power of his backup musicians, who included
Eric Clapton
,
George Harrison
, and
Phil Collins
. This was partly because
no longer felt the need to separate himself from
The Procol Harum
sound that was so much a part of his natural musical identity.
's lyrics weren't as philosophical as longtime writing partner
Keith Reid
's, but they could be just as intriguingly oblique. ~ William Ruhlmann