In retrospect, it's easy to accept that 1981's
Reflector was the last
Pablo Cruise album to chart. While the group doesn't necessarily sound burned-out, there just simply isn't a lot of spark to the record. Not that you're looking for spark with
Pablo Cruise -- they are, after all, a quintessential soft rock group -- but the songcraft doesn't shine as it does on
A Place in the Sun and
Worlds Away. That said, it does have its fair share of its moments, including the Top 20 single "Cool Love," the really nice "One More Night," and "Slip Away," and the entire thing has an appealing early '80s soft rock sheen, which will mean that it will satiate collectors of the genre and the group, even if it isn't a record that will find its way on the turntable all that often. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine