I wanted to come back and say I found something new to enjoy with this album and hopefully grasp onto something other than the few tracks I enjoyed the first time... but I can't say I have.
I still adore 'This is England' and think it's one of the best progressive rock songs I've heard in a long time. Everything about it is what I love about prog, and those flashes of mellotron are always a positive for me.
I still think 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley' is a solid track with a great organ riff and the rest of the tracks I'm mostly indifferent to.
And yes, Great Disasters is still a sore spot for me. Maybe outside the context of the album I would like it more, but I'm not looking forward to hearing "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" on a progressive rock album, or actually any album at all.
I still stand by my 7/10 score and my rationale behind it.
My final take away is this is a very competent album and I cannot find anything technically wrong with it. It's just not my taste and that is what truly prevents me from really liking it or loving it.
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