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The presence of so much melody is nice on Rather Ripped, yeah, but it's way more same-y regarding the styles that are presented.
The songs are more concise, tuneful, stripped-down & far less jammy & more rockin' for the most part than those on Sonic Nurse.
Speaking of "jammy", Jams Run Free is the worst track on the album. It's no JC or even Side2Side. What A Waste is not too spectacular either & comes off like a filler track & waste of space. Or is weaker than the rest as well, but at least it's something new.
It might have been a bold experiment that benefited the overall result to have the album start off with Rats instead of Reena.
Sonic Nurse is the album that's their best since Washing Machine, but again, in the final analysis, I can't help but say good riddance to Jim.
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