Consumer Guide Album

Flash: Flash [Capitol, 1972]
People who love Yes will probably like this spinoff and imitation. I find Yes sharp and clever at best and the shapeless and intolerably precious at all times. Nor do I believe music gains body (or sexuality) by capillary action from its cover--the "advance" from Yes's psychedoodles to Flash's rear-view crotch shot only make me wonder whether this band comes by its name lysergically. C-