The Strawbs - Don't Say Goodbye

All Music Guide

Like many a former folk and art-rock bands, the Strawbs dutifully released a forgettable bit of slick pop in the late 80s. "Something for Nothing" does work up a certain indignant heat, and the uptempo "Big Brother" does hearken back to the wry social commentary "Part of the Union," but otherwise there's not much here. It's hobbled by rather simple compositions and hackneyed synth -- "Evergreen," for example, could be a more heartfelt song without the awful Casiotone piano patch. This disc is not as grievous a fall from their old work as, say, the eighties work of Barclay James Harvest, but it's mediocre enough that only Strawbs completists will want this album.

- Paul Collins, All Music Guide