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From: "David Pearlman" <dap@arlingtonmass.com>

> So now I'm wondering: Did I miss something? Is Smitten an anomoly,
> or representative? From what I can tell, Smitten is not held in
particularly
> high regard among BT's hardcore fans, which is probably a warning sign of
sorts...

If you like Smitten, I think you might enjoy "Big Red Letter Day".  It was
their most commercial album until Smitten.  And I don't mean to be
disparaging by saying "commercial".  Their other albums were a lot more
lo-fi.  I've got them all, but I BRLD is the one I still pick out from the
shelves, if only because it contains the excellent "Treehouse". They've also
released two compilations, one of A-sides and one of B-sides.  But I still
think you're most likely to enjoy BRLD.