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Wishbone Ash's heaviest?

Gavin Wilson | 03/05/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I own just three Wishbone Albums -- ARGUS, FOUR and THERE'S THE RUB -- and, weird though this may be to say so, the last of those three has always been my favourite. Currently, buying this box set is the only way to obtain THERE's THE RUB. But WISHBONE FOUR is also worth having.Not that it is saying much at all, but THERE'S THE RUB is much the best recorded of all the Wishbone albums I own. For this record, Wishbone travelled to the US to get Bill Szymzyck )f Eagles and Joe Walsh fame) to produce. The band also had a new guitarist after Ted Turner had left and been replaced by Laurie Wisefield. The overall result is a much heavier sound -- far closer to the duelling guitars of Lynyrd Skynrd than before. In a way the sound is also close to the riffing of the classic SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH, although the vocals and lyrical subject matter quickly tell you this is not Black Sabbath. 'F.U.B.B' is my favourite Wishbone instrumental -- it stands for 'F@#*ed Up and Bloody Bored', by the way.Overall, this pair of albums is a must-have. I'm sure they would sell more of both if they were available separately, but that's record company logic for you."