I just picked up a copy of "Up a Tree" this week, and have been listening to it quite a bit. I like it. It's not [Insert Name of Your All-Time Favortie Album Here], but it's whimsical. And I like the use of the "idee fixe" - it helps to tie it all together. BUT - my biggest complaint/criticism has to do with the out-of-tune instruments on "Quiet and Small." It's a pleasant enough song. I just wish some time had been taken to tune the instruments before it was recorded. I've heard that out-of-tune playing and singing can sometimes be used as an expressive device, but I'm not sure that this is what's happening here. As for the B&S content of this message - the same can be said for "The Boy Done Wrong Again." Great song, but the intonation does tend to set the teeth on edge, doesn't it? andrew +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+