Well, I am seriously out of practice with this, dreaming up things to say about the music. The cover promised me jazz, but it isn't, it's actually rather good bass heavy music, with wah-chicka-wah-wah guitars abounding in a nice funk style. The vocals take a little getting used to, but these guys can play for sure. The bassist/drummer are excellent, very funky indeed, and some tracks just get your head bobbing. Some excellent slapping and popping on the bass (especially in the track Waterline), with more ethereal sounding melody and vocal lines over a solid funk foundation. A bit different, I like it! Post punk funk as described by their Wiki article, and they are still going, and British - nice.
Standout Tracks: Waterline, Shack Up
I know a fair bit about Alice Cooper but I have never really taken him that seriously as a rock artist, now is perhaps the time to change that impression. This album is much more bluesy than I expected, pentatonic solos abound, with little twists on the twelve bar blues style. The music is pretty upbeat, it's pretty cool old school 70s rock. Not as bluesy as ZZ Top and not as heavy as Black Sabbath, but it's pretty inoffensive stuff. I think the reason I never got much into Alice Cooper though is becoming apparent, I don't find his vocals very appealing; they are raspy and harsh (as they should be) but have a quality to them that I don't really like. All gets a bit wierd at the end (Dead Babies? Huh?) but overall, not a bad album at all.
Standout Tracks: Halo of Flies
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