Sorry to bother so many people, but I've had the album for about a week (i won it in the survey) and i am still extremely disapointed with the artwork. The design is cool and all but the montage just does not cut it for me. I would have thought that the group would continue(like Sonic Youth) to put great 'high' art work in their albums. I can't imagine Diary or HIFTBSO without Chris Thompson's art. Another thing i hear about the album is that aside from the production aspects (get over it, just imagine how much better HIFTBSO would be with some decent production, especially on the drums) that the band doesn't sound passionate about the new songs. I fear that with the disappearance of Jeremy's screaming people have it in their minds that Jeremy is not as passionate or emotive as he used to be while singing. Just because a singer does not scream to emphasize anger or sadness does not mean that the passion is not there. The Rising Tide is one of the best albums i've heard in the past 2 years and I think that it is beautiful and emotive in every way that there is, AND JEREMY DOES NOT SCREAM ONCE! I wont give my full review of the album as it is at the best SDRE Website (nexusx.com/sdre). If youve read this far thanks for hearing my concerns. Please respond about anything. See you at the Chicago show! Peter D ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup
