"One More Reason" and "For Her Love" are fantastic as well. I love the combination of the great tunes and the production. I never got or understood why people (almost universally) disliked it. Pop snobbery, maybe? There was no sense in making a debut album, Vol. 2, but it seems like that this is what the critics wanted. 

Love the debut, but I have always enjoyed Field Day much, much more.

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>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:11:04
>
>
>Steve wrote:
>"Our Town" is a masterpiece, I think the best think
>he ever wrote and recorded.  
>People bashed Steve Lillywhite's production, but
>it's genius on that tune.  I 
>remember telling Marshall how much I loved size of
>the thing and the sound of 
>the chimes, and him saying how there were no chimes
>and trying to explain to a 
>layman how that they got that sound.  Great stuff!
>
>I also remember all of the talk, mostly negative,
>regarding the production work on Field Day.  I
>thought it was odd that people were blaming Steve's
>Lillyswhite's production as a reason why the album
>did not sell well.  While the album certainly
>sounds different than the debut, "different" does
>not equate to "bad".  Personally, I love how the
>drums sound on Field Day.  On some songs, it sounds
>like Robert is beating the hell out of them!  
>
>Mark E.