Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks good; some scuffing, a few surface impressions, and a couple discoloration spots (front/back); store stamp near center-left on back. Inner-sleeve is original (photo/lyrics); seams partially split. Spine is partly readable with wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of some use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)
Undertow, Firefall – a country-rock semi-supergroup, is the band's most interesting and consistently pleasing project. Released a year and a half after Elan, the group's first platinum album, Undertow was recorded at a time when the members of Firefall were beginning to succumb to infighting, drug and alcohol addiction, and the omnipresent "creative differences." Of course, these differences were an essential part of the Firefall sound, as the group's two principal songwriters, Rick Roberts and Larry Burnett, had very distinct styles. On Undertow, there is a greater stylistic variety than ever and the record is infused with a desperate intensity not apparent on other Firefall albums. Highlights include Headed for a Fall, a melancholy, Fleetwood Mac-esque, slow rocker; and Business Is Business, a Burnett solo acoustic effort. Another standout is Leave It Alone, a very un-Firefall power-pop song which sounds more like the Shoes than the Byrds.