From my favourite Poco album the Steve Cropper produced From the Inside, where Cropper brilliantly strips down Poco's sunshine acoustic sound to more bluesy elements to emphasise more of the darkness present in their songs ; it's an often underrated contribution.
This romantic light footed track recalls Pickin up the Pieces with it's awesome chamber reverbed group vocals calls of 'hey!' The rootsy pickin and Richie Furay patented ode to the joys of devotion of which he always was his forte. This album was the best not too overdubbed slick and ultimately as pop and lightweight as some of their other albums in the mid 70s but with grit. Listen to the contrast of the bleak melody and positive lyrics of Bad Weather, while From the Inside is another well arranged harmony laden folk rocker. What If I Should Say I Love You is on the same level as the title track and features a slow beat and exquisite guitar parts while Just for Me and You hints at the more upbeat melodic material of their next album, the acclaimed A Good Feeling to Know (1972) album.
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