Huh. I never thought of "Court and Spark" as presenting a single theme, although some of the tracks bleed together beautifully. From my memory [and of course it seems like many dim years ago.... :) ] I recall that she had "Twisted" in a can for a long while before finding a home for it, sticking it on C&S, almost as a bonus track. After all of those songs about doubt, "Twisted" sometimes reads like a song about madness/humor rather than about humor/madness.
Anyway, "Sgt. Pepper" is kinda (dare I say it?) not as "thematic" as people think. I mean, it has the sgt pepper theme on side one and a reprise on side two so everyone said, "Ooooh. Lookie here. It's a *message* album. See, it's a theme because of the bookend effect." I challenge anyone to uncover a similar theme between "A Day In The Life" and "Within You and Without You", for example. Not that I doubt for a moment, in my wildest dreams that "Sgt Pepper" is a desert island disc. Both feet firmly planted in classic rock, thank you very much, Lama ps, npimh: that amazingly perfect outro that goes, "Breakin' like the waves at Malibu..... <shimmering wave effects>" ppss, If you like the humorous lyric in "Twisted", check out Annie Ross'es other masterpieces like "Farmer's Market". When I think about my father playing those tracks, ingraining them into my head, way before I heard "Both Sides Now", well..... I feel like a chip off the old block, that's all. Golly, Beav, music can be swell.
