Like Nile's first two albums, this sparkling collection of rock songs, some bouncy, some poppy, some more gritty and loud, should have found a larger audience. Tunes like the soaring title track, or the stomping, anthemic "Heaven Help the Lonely," remain among the best from that era of rock music. Despite them, and the presence of such guests as Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright III, and Roger McGuinn, Places disappeared without making the impression it should have, thanks to more label fumbling.