Although written and recorded at more or less the same time as ‘Copper Blue’, this record is at almost the opposite end of Bob’s musical spectrum in terms of accessibility. It all starts off quite quietly enough with ‘Come Around’ , a largely acoustic mantra, which lulls the listener into a false sense of security. Next up though is ‘Tilted’ - a headlong plunge over the precipice, with Mould’s vocals tripping over themselves in a futile attempt to keep pace as the guitars take the listener further down into the abyss at break-neck speed. The record bottoms out with ‘Judas Cradle’, a real car-wreck of a song and one of the bleakest moments in Bob’s back catalogue, with its guitars wailing with a real sense of anger and futility. ‘JC Auto’ indicates perhaps there is a future after all. Maybe. "You’ll be sorry when I’m gone/I guess you knew this all along" isn’t exactly Shiny Happy People. But the dynamics of the song and the shards of melody combine to rally things a bit and make this one of Bob’s finest 7 minutes. ‘Feeling Better’ is next, and the mood has lightened significantly musically, but there’s still a deranged feel to this song as it simply refuses to stop. What could have been a fairly conventional 4 minute song catches some of the madness of this record and loops on and on. Which makes the closing ‘Walking Away’ even more amazing - it’s almost a hymn as Bob sings the same lines over and over again to an organ backing completely removed from the intense guitar onslaught of the rest of this record.