Claude says:The Hollies' 11th album was their biggest experiment—saxophones, gospel backing vocals (Madeline Bell, Doris Troy), guest spots from Gary Brooker and Mick Abrahams, and songs leaning toward the Moody Blues instead of their usual harmony-pop pocket. It also turned out to be Allan Clarke's last with the band before a brief exit, and it gave them "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)," a swampy Creedence-style outlier that hit number two in the US a year after the album dropped. You gave it a quick spin in mid-2024, mostly for that one song.