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' final release for
, 1989's
is best described as a cross between their experimental
and the more in-your-face
(both released only a few months apart in 1987). Several major labels had been hotly pursuing the trio, but when negotiations slowed to a snail's pace, they decided to issue another album on
in the meantime.
's crunchy guitar riffs are spotlighted throughout the album, but some of the songs are hindered by synth textures and the fact that the songs were recorded one instrument at a time, which mutes any excitement of the trio playing live in a room together (which was what made
such a success). Still, several highlights were included -- the vicious album-opening
the melodic
the tough rocker
the rollicking instrumental
the warped love song
and the sleepy album closer,
Three bonus tracks were added to the 1999
reissue: the previously unheard original
and two radically different versions of
~ Greg Prato