Reviewed by Eric on 16 Aug 2003
Not sure what happened here, but with Kowtow Pendragon went AOR similar to
Multi-Story’s second album Through Your Eyes, with a defined pop sound and
coming very close to Canadian band Eight Seconds in
spots as well. Not that this is a bad thing, as I enjoy this sound to a point, but this is part
of the problem for me when it comes to Pendragon. In this period they seemed to be all
over the map and not exactly sure what they wanted to be. In hindsight they might have
been under a good deal of pressure (self imposed?) with Marillion’s success, but
in my opinion they should have stuck to their guns and explored the promise of The
Jewel and their early tapes. Not a ‘bad’ album- just different.