The second
McGuinn, Clark & Hillman album turned into a McGuinn-Hillman album "featuring
Gene Clark" when the latter dropped out of the tour ahead of it and then only contributed to two songs on this record, one of which was ironically called "Won't Let You Down." Apart from
Clark's two songs, none of this really sounds much like
the Byrds, although the stuff is pleasant late-'70s
Byrds-influenced rock, sort of folky at its best moment and driven by
McGuinn's mournful lead vocals and the soaring harmonies. "One More Chance" was the most
Byrds-like of the non-
Gene Clark numbers, and "City" was a good song, but, ironically, the two
Gene Clark numbers were the best on the record, as good as anything he ever wrote after leaving
the Byrds -- and this CD is the only way to get them (they didn't make it onto Edsel's anthology). ~ Bruce Eder