Classic Rock

The Night Flight Orchestra

NFO get their wings.

No longer in orbit but still defying gravity and the normal. Although not billed explicitly as such, is effectively a concept album, thematically driven by the bittersweet consequences of jet-set romance, each of its 13 tracks a cinematic vignette in an ambitious, opulent aero-opera. The classic 70s and 80s rock is complemented by cheeky nods to ABBA ( and Elton John (the fabulous title track), throbbing disco () and smooth 70s soul ().

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