Jeff Beck: Beck-Ola

His guitar playing is as fiery as ever - even on tracks like "Spanish Boots," where the backing band is unable to keep a groove. The album's highlight is "Plynth (Water Down The Drain)," a strangely unresolved blues-metal riff-a-thon that recalls the heavy rhythm playing of the Stones in this era. Nicky Hopkins plays keyboards throughout the disc and even contributes an almost solo instrumental ("Girl From Mill Valley").