I'll concur that it didn't heave the same impact that "Swagger" and "Drunken Lullabies" did. But I did like it a lot. I would definitely prefer it to "Within a Mile of Home". I liked that a lot of the songs had more swing this time around, and didn't rely on the usual "clickity-clack" hoppy beats of so many of their older tracks. Although those beats are a big part of what made their initial sound so signature. It was just nice to hear something different, but still really good. I'd say that I would take a song like "Punch Drunk Grinning Soul" along with any of the old stand-bys like "Selfish Man", "The Likes of You Again", or "Rebels of the Sacred Heart".
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