I have a long and complicated history with this release. It came out during the time that I was really discovering the true, vast depth of rock music. I liked the album, but some critics, who had opened me up to, and were helping me navigate, these overwhelming depths did not share my appreciation, and I let them sway me and sold it off. Now I will re-collect it, even though, at this grade, at this point in time, I might try to otherwise categorize it as #pubrock or something and skip it. Add to these considerations that, while I'm not a GP completist, I'm an outright fan, probably more so than with respect to any pub rocker I can think of.
I note that the vinyl issues of this in the UK were accompanied by a bonus 12-inch EP, which contains songs appearing on the CD that could not fit on the otherwise single-sided vinyl. There are also two extra tracks on the EP, one of which appears on the Passion Is No Ordinary Word compilation, about which I will post separately.
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