SYW is bloated for sure, and there are more than a few clunkers. But the cream of the crop from that album was some of the most creative, outta-left-field work they've done since Tusk, a lot of the arrangements/production is sublime. Granted, I think Lindsey should've just put out the original Gift of Screws, as intended for 2001, which would have been a much better album, but what we got from a mainstream "classic rock" band in 2003, well.. I can't say I've gotten anything as artistically challenging & pleasing from any of my other dinosaur rock favs that late in the game (any Stones fans here? A Bigger Bang sucked!.. to use an example from the same-ish time frame)
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