I've got about half way through this, but again Dave reveals some great insights here. Pretty much the key takeout from what he's saying is that they made 2 albums in the vision the band had. And then right at the end they lost their heads, put it all on one record and then either deliberatley (or slightly thoughtlessley) buried the songwriting under some questionable mixes. And also chucked away songs like Rosebud that didn't even make the B-Sides.

I'll make a longer comment elsewhere so as not to derail this thread too much but I guess the story is that this is a revisit that is strangely compelling given how unpopular it was with the mainstream and how disliked it is by the band. Lifeblood next then!

I'll try and do a proper trainspotters list of all the musical changes that came out in the wash once this one has had more time to sink in.

Which podcast is this again?

Thanks!