No Regrets found
the Walker Brothers returning as an accomplished mainstream pop act, capable of turning out appealingly professional covers of folk, soul and pop songs. Its follow-up,
Lines, took that glossy veneer a little too far, as the group spent more time on production and not enough on substance. There are some good songs here --
Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross,"
Randy Newman's "Have You Seen My Baby,"
Jesse Winchester's "Brand New Tennessee Waltz" -- but even those are given dull arrangements and are blandly sung, making
Lines a thoroughly uninvolving record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine