Extremely overlooked, especially in light of how critics and listeners alike fawned over Tres Hombres. The first two tracks alone are a quantum jump over the entire first record.
Often you will find this packaged with Vicious But Fair as a two-fer, and I have to say, they are fairly similar. But on both records, the material is certainly more out-front and not just part of a formless whole. There is a raucous cover of "Daddy Rolling Stone", but I feel like they missed a bigger opportunity if they had polished "Roll Up, Roll Up" just a touch here and there, and it may have latched onto chart success. The Wikipedia page mentions it's a well-respected album and I have to agree with that analysis.
You watch stuff like this and think playing the scene of the guy reading the Zener cards over and over again for an hour straight would not only be more entertaining, but believable.
A nominal rating. I really need to see the uncut episodes to deliver a true, informed verdict.
UPDATE - After finally viewing the uncut episodes…long story short, have to stick with the 3-star rating.
