The fourth album from Chapel Hill's was 1994's . By the standards set by the jumpy high-energy guitar pop that preceded it, the album veered between subdued and emotionally heavy. The move from fuzzy, playful songs about packages getting stolen off the porch and lazy coworkers to themes of exhaustion and bitterness may have come in part from the breakup of band co-founders and . Instead of wallowing, the songs curiously explored the brooding sadness, relief and mundanity of love ending, as well as how life goes on. Heartbroken, heartbreaking, and outside of anything resembling a personal or musical comfort zone, pushed beyond their depths and was one of their finest hours. In celebration of the album's 25th anniversary, revisits all 12 of 's tracks in a stripped-down acoustic style. String arrangements show up on several songs, ( ) and ) contribute guest vocals, and distorted guitar leads are transformed into jazzy horn lines on tracks like "Saving My Ticket." The familiar strains of album-opener "Like a Fool" are well-suited for acoustic re-imagination, and here a pensive string arrangement fills in some of the tension that once came in the form of crackling electric guitars. ~ Fred Thomas