AKA: Everything As Nice As Mother Makes It

Nice 1969 Album

The Nice

This was much more like the flashy progressive rock made famous (or infamous) by Emerson, Lake & Palmer not long afterwards. The only link to the original sound was Jackson's rather untrained vocal style, which really contrasted next to Emerson's wild virtuoso keyboard runs more than ever. There's more cover material than original material, which should have been an indication of how things were going, I guess. As with the previous record, this stuff can be entertaining, but also stiff and predictable – more so than before. This could be in the running for ultimate quintessential mediocre record, although the method used was anything but.