Their silver anniversary release, finds settled comfortably into their position as of the scene. That's the same double-edged sword that suffered under for the last several years of their existence: singer/guitarist and whoever else is in the room at the time are comfortably ensconced in their position as the longest-lasting group now that have finally disappeared. But , like ' other recent albums, rarely rises above "pleasant" on the whole listenability scale. The small handful of instrumental tracks ( the -like Southwestern atmospherics of ) are probably the best things here, just because 's voice is pretty much shot at this point in his career and he's not doing much better on the lyrics. A song called should simply be more inspired and nasty than this one turned out to be. The cover of 's is a cute idea competently done, but nothing more. It may be time for , to go out with dignity intact. ~ Stewart Mason