This is every inch a follow-up to
Loggins & Messina, including a '50s rock & roll pastiche in the style of "Your Mama Don't Dance" called "My Music" that hit number 16 as a single. Other notable material included
Jim Messina's island-rock anthem "Lahaina" and one of
Kenny Loggins' sensitive but generic ballads, typically called "A Love Song." But then, the charm of
L&M was that they could get away with something this sappy. Balance is the key to
L&M albums, and it's the chief talent (among many) that producer
Messina brings to them. Here, as on
L&M's first two albums, he achieves a musical flow that's exhilarating, and the record is only denied a "finest" rating because the quality of the songwriting doesn't quite match those LPs. ~ William Ruhlmann