The back liner photo gives the impression of a grungy Midwestern garage
band, but no, that doesn't describe this sophisticated jazz-rock
quartet, which was simultaneously breaking into mass-market acceptance
and away from the contemplative ECM stereotype. The arrangements are
more structured, the playing often more intense and searching, with a
more pronounced rock influence. On the title track, Metheny
digs in and displays some authoritative rock-oriented licks and
intensity, and the rhythms on "The Search" have a slight, at times
asymmetrical Latin feeling. The nearly 13-minute "The Epic" finds the Metheny group developing some real combustion in the improvised sections as Metheny, keyboardist Lyle Mays, bassist Mark Egan and drummer Danny Gottlieb
grow tighter as a unit. In hindsight, some of the music seems a bit too
tightly conceived to allow adequate breathing room, but this is still
high-quality jazz-rock for its time.(http://www.allmusic.com)
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1. (Cross The) Heartland
2. Airstream
3. The Search
4. American Garage
5. The Epic
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