The Mirror is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Spooky Tooth. It was the only Spooky Tooth album to be released without contributions from Mike Harrison. It also was their last album for nearly twenty-five years, until Cross Purpose in 1999. The Mirror was released in October 1974, one month before group members had permanently disbanded.See Miguel Terol, Bryson Graham Biography; The Musicians' Olympus. Members went on to form such bands as Foreigner and The Only Ones.

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Jason Anderson rates the album four stars out of five, and writes that "Elements of pop and gospel/R&B are all combined into a seamless rock delivery on The Mirror, giving the record a depth that is rare in the Spooky Tooth catalog."

In 2000, the album was re-released by Dressed to Kill Records with a completely different cover and imagery, plus a different sequencing of songs, as Comic Violence.Jason Anderson, Review of Comic Violence; Allmusic. Retrieved 2017-12-17.

The title track "The Mirror" was sampled in Atmosphere's seminal track "Trying to Find a Balance" of their 2003 album Seven's Travels.

In Canada the album reached #88.

Track listing

Side one "Fantasy Satisfier" (Mick Jones, Gary Wright) – 4:37 "Two Time Love" (Jones, Mike Patto, Wright) – 3:30 "Kyle" (Wright, with Splinter – Bill Elliott, Bob Purvis) – 3:36 "Women and Gold" (Wright) – 3:36 "Higher Circles" (Wright) – 5:23

Side two "Hell or High Water" (Patto, Wright) – 5:07 "I'm Alive" (Wright) – 4:12 "The Mirror" (Jones, Patto, Wright) – 5:21 "The Hoofer" (Patto, Wright) – 3:57

Personnel Mike Patto – vocals, electric piano, clavinet and organ Mick Jones – guitars, percussion and backing vocals Gary Wright – vocals, piano, clavinet, organ and moog synthesizer Val Burke – bass guitar, lead and backing vocalsBurke, originally from Jamaica, came to Spooky Tooth via Mike Patto. See Interview with Mike Patto, 1974, "Mike Patto's Patter" (RockStock 1974); www.pattofan.com. Burke would later play with The Moments, which evolved into Ray Goodman and Brown. Bryson Graham – drumsKellie left the band, for a second time, in May 1974, with Graham returning as a replacement. See Miguel Terol, Bryson Graham Biography; The Musicians' Olympus. James SK Wān – zither

Charts Chart (1974-75) Peakposition

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