I have always had a fondness for "Jet Lag" despite my original negative reaction when I purchased it way back in 1977. Following the wonderful "Chocolate Kings" release, it served as a quantum leap in musical style (and even genre) for this legendary Italian band. However, after a few listens I learned to love the album and it was at a time when I was getting more and more involved with Jazz/Rock/Fusion bands, so it fit nicely into my own musical evolution.
What I am asking fellow PE members is whether this album is unfairly maligned and underrated due to it's shift from symph territory to Jazz/Rock or if the general view of it is that it represented a decline in PFM's career to the point where it marks a point of "shark jumping" (to use that phrase). If you look at the Prog ratings from PA it receives a 3.18, which is the lowest rating by far of any of their albums since the 1972 debut. RYM has it as 3.33 and Gnosis gives it a 10.23 rating, which is still good but a far cry from previous releases and you can see the 7,8 and 9 ratings starting to creep in, in larger numbers whereas previous releases saw them in double digits.
Am I alone here in giving "Jet Lag" a solid "4" out of 5 rating and considering it an overall excellent addition to any Prog lovers collection?
(BTW, favorite tracks include "Peninsula" into "Jet Lag", and "Meridiani")
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