Knees, Reins & Feet is Poor Richard's debut CD after releasing two independent cassettes. They are a young band, both as musicians and as a band, formed in 1990 and now on their third drummer. Poor Richard recorded the music on this CD in the summer of 1993 while they all still lived in Arizona. Their music is difficult to categorize in that it encompasses several genres. To me they sound similar to bands like Gentle Giant, BeBop Deluxe, and Crack the Sky. That is, their competent musicianship and complex intelligent music skips back and forth between rock and progressive rock. The first song "El Ladron" is a down and dirty rocker with gritty vocals and funky organ riffs. It is one of those songs that grows on you the more you hear it. The next song "Dive" is a quiet ballad that picks up the beat half way through. Now to confound descriptions further they kick in with "Darkroom," a neo-psychedelic song with a heavy beat and great organ riffing! They even throw in some dissonant electric guitar. The last two songs, "Clockwise" and "Free to Daydream," are the closest to progressive rock on the CD and are also, in my humble opinion, the jewels in the crown with soaring guitar solos and excellent synth melodies. In addition to the music, Poor Richard elected to go with a picture CD that duplicates the album art, The Anatomy of Man's body as govern'd by the Twelve Constellations. This art contains and explanation of the CD title. Poor Richard is a band worth investigating.