Gee, why is it that reviews by people like "solo teem" always site a reviewer? This is a step in the development of a unique band. If you can find this cd with the bonus disk, get it! These guys try things out, learn, and keep moving on. They may take a strange turn but never sell out. Check out the lyrics. Clever as always. Buick City Complex, Roller Skate Skinny. Bird in a Cage, What I Wouldn't Do, etc. filler? I think not.

I get that most of their fans dig the early more countrified bar room tunes, but this is a great rock album from start to finish. Favorites are King of the World, Roller Skate Skinny, Buick City Complex, Bird , Book of Poems

catchy and colorful, worth listening a few times it tends to grow on you

robert christgau, the dean of american rock critics, seems to love it. aside from 'question' & 'king' it's filler