1977 [robably wasn't the best year for a ten-year-old band to be releasing its tenth studio album.
Hughesy's assessment:
Iconic Essential Outstanding Interesting Intriguing Significant Acceptable So So Why? Avoid
Track listing: Something Magic, Skating on Thin Ice; Wizard Man; The Mark of the Claw; Strangers in Space; The Worm & the Tree Part One (Introduction > Menace > Occupation); The Worm & the Tree Part Two (Enervation > Expectancy > Battle); The Worm & the Tree Part Three (Regeneration > Epilogue)
Salvo reissue bonus tracks: Backgammon; You'd Better Wait; This Old Dog
Worthwhile: Something Magic, Skating on Thin Ice; The Mark of the Claw; Strangers in Space;
Solid: Wizard Man; The Worm & the Tree Part One (Introduction > Menace > Occupation); The Worm & the Tree Part Two (Enervation > Expectancy > Battle); The Worm & the Tree Part Three (Regeneration > Epilogue)
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