The third biggest-selling album in the group's history, Crazy Eyes is
also the group's most lively and bracing work and contains some of their
most soulful music. In short, it's the fruition of everything they'd been
working toward for four years. Curiously, it's also one of a handful of
examples of their use of outside help, including Chris Hillman on mandolin.
The resulting sound is richer than anything found on any other Poco album,
and the only tragedy is that the band reportedly cut enough tracks for
two whole albums -- one longs to hear the material that remained in the
can. As it is, there's not a weak song, or even a wasted note anywhere
on this album, and most bands would kill for a closing track as perfect
as "Let's Dance Tonight."
(by Bruce Eder, All
Music Guide)
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