The Mirror is an album by the British 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.[2] Members went on to form such bands as
Foreigner and
The Only Ones.
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."[1]
In 2000, the album was re-released by Dressed to Kill Records[5] with a completely different cover and imagery, plus a different sequencing of songs, as Comic Violence.[6]
The title track "The Mirror" was sampled in
Atmosphere's seminal track "Trying to Find a Balance" of their 2003 album Seven's Travels.
^Burke, 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.
^Kellie 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.