Some very interesting and perceptive comments in this thread about SYW. I was always struck by the fact that - apart from being named as an 'additional performer'- Christine is virtually ignored on this release. I expected-perhaps naively- the album to be dedicated to her, but no. Same at the concerts on the SYW tour: not a mention, almost as if she had never existed or contributed to the band. This was borne out later by LB's comments that, basically, she had left, she was gone for good and that was that, her decision etc. etc. This subsequently made me think that, deep down, it must have been a somewhat bitter pill for him to swallow when she returned to the fold in 2014.
Indeed , this has been a feature of this band: once someone has died/left, that's it - gone and -apparently-forgotten .Sad!
That said, I love the album and the sound and production (apart from the fact that it could shed two or three songs)
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