January 19, 2023:
Much of the depth of that record is from the beautiful, surprising guitar textures. Kevin Cadogan: brilliant, striking. Just the one album. With his loss those which follow are undeniably more shallow, like Guns 'n' Roses post Steven Adler. Never as deep or true or memorable.
Thematically: one of the great breakup albums. "The plans I made still have you in them. I carry you around in the background." Word. It stands in my opinion with Blue and Blood on the Tracks and Melodrama and In the Wee Small Hours as monuments to loss and regret. "'Cos I felt you long after we were through." Word.