Hoping to capitalize on the success of FIRE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, the band hired producer Bruce Fairburn (Loverboy, Aldo Nova)
and former Alice Cooper drummer Neal Smith to help them make their songs a bit more FM radio friendly. Original member,
drummer and visionary Albert Bouchard decided to leave the band before this album, which was part of the reason they'd begun
to lose the plot. The opening song "Take Me Away" (co-written by Aldo Nova) is probably the best on the record and is yet
another songs about their fascination with Extra Terrestrial life. Buck's "Shooting Shark" has some really nice slap bass
from guest bassist Randy ("Yo Dog!") Jackson. The overall sound of this record is really contrived and formulaic, while the
quality of the songs is also greatly diminished. They even stoop to name checking themselves on the silly "Let's Go". They
hadn't hit bottom yet, but were definitely falling fast at this point in their career.
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