Personnel: Tim Bluhm, Greg Loiacono (vocals, guitar); Paul Hoaglin (vocals); Charlie Gurke (baritone saxophone); Eric Oberthaler (trumpet); Scott Knippelmeier (trombone); Jackie Greene (piano); John Hofer (drums, percussion); Dan Lebowitz (bongos).

Additional personnel: Jackie Greene (Hammond b-3 organ); Charlie Gurke, Scott Knippelmeier, Eric Oberthaler, Dan Lebowitz.

Audio Mixers: Dylan Magierek; Justin Phelps.

Photographer: Nid Koster.

California pop-rock act Mother Hips returned in 2007 with the very strong KISS THE CRYSTAL FLAKE. But the hippy-dippy title is misleading; Mother Hips play straight ahead melodic rock with a debt to the radio classics of yesteryear, mixing ballads, boogie, R&B, country, soft rock, power pop, and electric guitar-driven chargers. The overall package sounds familiar, but the quality of the tunes, and the band's high-flown harmonies, keep things plenty fresh, making this outing a purely pleasurable venture into easygoing good-time territory.