Album Review

William Ruhlmann [allmusic.com]

This is every inch a follow-up to Loggins & Messina, including a '50s rock & roll pastiche in the style of ''Your Mama Don't Dance'' called ''My Music'' that hit number 16 as a single. Other notable material included Jim Messina's island-rock anthem ''Lahaina'' and one of Kenny Loggins' sensitive but generic ballads, typically called ''A Love Song.'' But then, the charm of L&M was that they could get away with something this sappy. Balance is the key to L&M albums, and it's the chief talent (among many) that producer Messina brings to them. Here, as on L&M's first two albums, he achieves a musical flow that's exhilarating, and the record is only denied a ''finest'' rating because the quality of the songwriting doesn't quite match those LPs.