>>Another missing definite article: after their second album, second-string
>>Tennessee jangle-poppers the Judybats became simply "Judybats."
Apparently
>>the definite article was the source of all their power, though, because
the
>>two albums they did without it sucked on ice.

>Second string? More like undrafted.
>OK, the first album could have given them a look at triple A, but you're
>right, all down hill from there.
>Ego, Ego, Ego.

I dunno; I think there's an absolutely killer best-of compilation for the
Sire years just waiting to happen...and, why, here's my suggestion for the
track listing:

   1.    Native Son
   2.    Daylight
   3.    Don't Drop the Baby
   4.    She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)
   5.    In Like With You
   6.    Incognito
   7.    Our Story
   8.    She's Sad She Said 
   9.    Down in the Shacks Where the Satellite Dishes Grow
   10.   Poor Bruised World
   11.    Saturday
   12.    All Day Afternoon
   13.    Ugly on the Outside 
   14.    Being Simple
   15.    Incredible Bittersweet
   16.    What We Lose
   17.    Jive Talkin'

Plus, I'm decidedly partial to their 2000 release, "Judybats '00," which is
basically Jeff Heiskell with a whole new backing band; it was on my top 10
of that year.