3.2 - Bold and ambitious, and beautiful at moments; however, taken as a whole, this is an uncomfortable mess and maybe the best example I’ve heard yet of a band unsure about its direction. Woof. Listening to “Odessa”, I can immediately picture a biopic scene - Barry is initially able to rally his reluctant bandmates around his vision of a concept opera about a sunken ship. Fast forward to the studio and they’re all listening to Barry’s billy goat bleatings: “OOOOODESSA” over thin orchestral strings. Barry is beaming with pride while the others look at each other with pained expressions. There are also copycat tracks of Beatles (“Melody Fair”) and CCR (“Melody Purt Drive”). And some forgettable classical style instrumentals.