Again please see my original post for Disc 2 on Suitcase since I am not going to rehash all the detail on this re:score post. For me, the stand-out track on Disc 2 of Suitcase is still Supermarket the Moon, which holds a place among the dark and slow (or ballad-like) songs in the GBV catalog. Similar to James Riot, Shrine to the Dynamic Years is another Do the Collapse era outtake that just screams for an updated studio take so fans can really enjoy it without the middling recording...
The version of Ha Ha Man on this disc is amazing, and far better than the one on Tonics & Twisted Chasers, and The Fool Ticket is still a great slower and hauntingly beautiful song. Also, I don't think I noticed that Our Value of Luxury has the words "earmarked for collision" before (later a song title on Let it Beard).
Songs that have grown on me over the years include Sing It Out and Bug House. To be clear, it is the first version of Bug House that I really like, and not so much the second version that is sharing the track. Conversely Messenger has lost some of its luster, but so has most songs from that early era for me.
Here is the updated ranking:
Among Bob's Best
-- none
Gems
26 Supermarket the Moon
Almost Gems
28 Ha Ha Man
39 The Fool Ticket
They're Good
29 Our Value of Luxury
30 Bug House [2 versions]
32 Shrine To The Dynamic Years (Athens Time Change Riots)
37 Sing It Out
38 Messenger
They're OK
33 On Short Wave
35 Tobacco's Last Stand
43 Blue Gil
48 I'm Cold
49 Damn Good Mr. Jam
50 In Walked the Moon
Could Live Without
27 Hold on to Yesterday
31 Rainbow Billy
34 I Can See it in Your Eyes
36 Shifting Swift Is A Lift
40 Mallard Smoke
41 Mr. McCaslin Will Sell No More Flowers
42 Shit Midas
44 Invest in British Steel
45 Spinning Around
46 Let's Go! (To War)
Toss-Offs & Throwaways
47 Grasshopper Rap
47 Grasshopper Rap
Given the scoring above, the album would get 50 points total (and an average of 2.00).
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