Tim Blake looks like he's sitting at the helm of a spaceship
on the cover – and in a way, that's what his
music was at the time – a way of taking off to the skies
on waves of electronics, in the kinds of sounds that Blake first created in his Crystal Machine project, but which have an even sharper focus here! The album's got more vocals than Tim's previous effort, and in a way that's what really sets it apart from the rest – as Blake's got this warmly positive approach that would be at home in progressive folk, but which here comes across with a very unique style – given the mostly electronic setting of the album! All the banks of knobs, slides, and keys pictured
on the cover are used to strongly skillful effect –
on titles that include "Generator", "Passage Sur La Cite", "New Jeru
salem", "Song For A New Age", and "Lighthouse".
(Rock, Out Sound) (UK Barclay pressing. Cover has some edge wear, but looks nice overall.)