None of the answers really fit my opinion of the album.
I would probably say it's my least favourite of all FM albums ever recorded (probably tied with "Heroes").
I'd vote that it's in between being listenable and sucking.
It's not the lineup, it's the songs. The performances are good. I'm not a Bekka fan, but she does have a beautiful voice. Billy rocks, and I can't stand Dave Mason. Christine's songs are (IMHO) the dullest she's written, and there's nothing on the whole disc that stands out. If they had different material, it probably would have been a better album.
Actually, I think my fave tune on the whole disc is These Strange Times, just because it's so bizarre and unusual, and 'cause I love MF. But even that one never gets repeated playings.
I try to sit through the Time album every so often whenever I'm in the mood to listen to every album from Dog/Dustbin up to SYW, but I can never get through it past the first three tracks.
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