----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael vg" <govango@yahoo.com>

> --- Josh Chasin <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>> Anyone else digging the new Future Clouds and Radar double-CD?  Its 
>> too long, could be cut down
>> to one really good disc with judicious editing.  Some of the 
>> songwriting is underwhelming.
>
> I love this cd. I think my problem with the length is I rarely have
> enough time to sit and listen to it start to finish, which I think
> is the best way to listen to it. the few times I have been able
> to do it, it all just seems to fit perfectly.

The surprising element for me is that the individual songs work really 
well when they pop up on my iPod as well: I hadn't really expected 
that to be the case, because most of these sprawling albums don't work 
as well when the songs are out of context.

S