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Originally Posted by Phil
It's also a shame the band didn't wish to pursue this direction for the album - I think a little anger would have humanised the sterility of proceedings. There are good to great songs aplenty but overall, it's all too subdued and ultimately, not satisfying.
By the way, I would not have omitted Straight Back, I simply would have included Smile At You as well. If the vinyl time constraints had made it necessary to ditch one track, I would have opted for either Only Over You or Oh Diane (both rubbish in my opinion).
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I think both versions of 'Smile At You' are good in their own ways. I'm sort of glad it didn't go on Mirage, because we would have never heard the Say You Will version. As for anger, I always felt that 'Straight Back' was a pretty angry song itself. And poor 'Oh Diane'! This song gets so picked on! I'm not saying it's Lindsey's best work, but I really like it!