"Parcel of Rogues is the group's first real rock album, featuring a sound clearly rooted in modern sensibilities, with the guitars turned up very loud for the first time. The singing is still modeled on traditional patterns, and is quite beautiful (especially 'One Misty Moisty Morning' and 'Allison Gross'), but the resonances and undertones of electric guitars are everywhere -- the result is a record that, in some ways, recalls Fairport Convention's Liege & Lief (the record that led indirectly to the spawning of Steeleye Span in the first place), with some very flashy playing by Bob Johnson on some of the breaks. ... A lot of the time it works -- the ominous and dazzling 'Cam Ye O'er Frae France' would not have succeeded half as well without amplification, and every fan of the group should hear this track at least once. ..."
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