"As an in-demand session guitarist of 20 odd years (for everyone from Steve
Earle to Shirley Bassey), Backer could have expected to have long lost
touch with whatever made him want to pick up a guitar in the first
place. Yet on his second solo offering his feverish love of all things
whammy and twangy persists among the chunkiest riffs and licks you wish
you'd learned to play, wrapped around songs replete with fat choruses
and wry humour. More, he's lost much of the mid-life angst that
characterised 2002's "Is That All" and instead sings joyously about
falling in love with himself again. A step closer to his goal - to make
the best album of 1975 - it's proof that the precious intricacies of
retro guitar - driven pop should not be left in the hands of amateurs
and children."
MOJO © Chris Ingham