I first heard Renaissance when they performed "Carpet of the Sun" on The Midnight Special back in the mid/late 1970's. Of course, fell in love with Annie Haslam's voice, but it was the big sound with great orchestrations that made me a huge fan. "Novella" is still probably one of my desert island discs. (Shame the masters were lost for that recording.) Azure d'Or was the last recording with the classic line up, with a completely different direction from what they had been doing. With David Henschel's "success" at turning Genesis into more of a pop act, it seems a similar thought was behind his production here. Gone were the long complex songs and the orchestrations, replaced by electronic keyboards, and instead were shorter more radio friendly songs. There are still some wonderful songs on this album. "Jekyll And Hyde," "The Winter Tree," and "Kalynda" are all great songs, and Annie's voice never sounded better. However, I REALLY enjoyed Stephen W. Tayler's mix of this. It breathed new life into the old songs. For example, "Only Angels Have Wings" I always thought sounded like a Camel reject. The vocals by Jon Camp were weak, especially compared to Annie's. But Stephen's mix fills the room with sound and brings out the best in the music. I thoroughly enjoyed his mix of the entire album. The best praise I can give is when something sounds new, even after listening to something for dozens of times. That is the case here. It was like hearing it for the first time. So I give the mix a solid 10. Content an 8, for a total of 9.