My favorite LB album has always been Out Of The Cradle, but recently, I listened to Gift Of Screws again and it might be my new favorite LB album. I would say to get them all, but try to listen to samples on Amazon or iTunes and see which songs sound good to you. I think Lindsey's songwriting has matured since Law And Order. In the first couple of albums and even Tusk, he tends to sing whiny on some songs (the end of I'll Tell You Now, for example, but it's a beautiful enough song for me to love). Since Under The Skin, although he still writes about being "mistaken for a whore" and "They heard fifteen seconds and that was enough, the idea was new but the business was tough", it at least isn't whiny sounding, but I wish he'd get past that and sort of move on from that subject. Don't get me wrong, I still love Bel Air Rain and Underground, but lyrically, you will hear a thread like that running through a song or two on each album. That being said, can't wait for Seeds We Sow.
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