Barclay James Harvest-Eyes Of The Universe (1979)

After publishing eleven great albums, Barclay James Harvest had its first great setback, the departure of its little keyboard and one of its founders Wooly Wolstenholme, this made it seem that the group's career would decline, mainly due to the importance and contribution of this group. to your music.
However, with the keyboard player's departure, the results did not decline but even improved in general surprise.
The first album without Wolstenholme is "Eyes Of The Universe", published in 1979, which would ultimately be the last great album of the band, at the same time as the most commercial, but without this adjective carrying the connotations of lack of quality.
The synthesizers are updated and become authentic protagonists of the melody.
The guitars sound more direct and spectacular than in previous records, developing solo sensations as well as addictive riffs.
Such melodies reach their creative peak and flow magically through a series of songs, among which the intense "Love On The Line" or "Alright Down Get Boogie", the powerful "Sperratus" and "Capricorn" and the wonderful and old "Rock & Roll Lady" with that great classic flavor that soon makes it one of the classics of the band, undoubtedly an album with a name: masterpiece.