Not helping the matter was a lack of ideas - and a producer - before entering the studio. The band even subbed for Oasis openers the Verve during one of the band's tours, before the recording of Tarantula, signifying a changing of the guard. Perhaps falling out of favor with the British press, only to be stomped upon by the likes of the Oasis phenomenon, nailed the coffin shut. No focus, no spirit, almost no quality songs - Smaller Faces. Where Carnival of Light was a decent appropriation of late-'60s influences, here it's mere mimicry, going through the motions.
Here's where the plot got lost, an abomination of '70s/Lenny Kravitz clichés, full of third- and fourth-rate tunes and, ultimately, bad blood.
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