Interesting again to see Steve Hogarth talk about how rarely played 'Fruit Of The Wild Rose' is, as I saw them play that several years back. The gig I saw on that late 2007 tour was funny because they did oddities like that and unpopular songs ('Hooks In You', 'Cannibal Surf Babe'), and it was still a great show!
I'd agree with him that the Anoraknophobia album suffers from unnecessarily extended arrangements, it's not very focussed. I think I used to like it more than I do now. Marbles on the other hand has aged well, I think. I also agree that people should re-evaluate 'Somewhere Else', but not about 'Most Toys'- I don't really like the lyric, and musically it's another of their unconvincing 'rockers' a la 'Paper Lies' and 'Deserve'.
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