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After debuting with 1973's excellent but neglected
(later reissued as
),
switched from
to
and hit big with this self-titled gem. Upon first hearing gutsy,
-influenced
like
and the instrumental
(a number one
hit), many
fans were shocked to learn that not only were the bandmembers white -- they were whites from Scotland. Like
five years later,
embraced
and
with so much conviction that it was clear this was anything but an "average" white band. This album is full of treasures that weren't big hits but should have been -- including the addictive
the ominous
and a gutsy remake of
'
[When
reissued
on CD in 1995, an edited live version of
recorded at the 1977
was added. (The full-length version had been included on
's 1994 reissue of
.)] ~ Alex Henderson