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Winter's Claw · 08-05-2005, 05:57 AM

Borderstone, I agree that he doesn't have any bad albums. Even the weaker GL albums are better than many other artists' best albums. If I were comparing Endless Wire to, say, Sundown, then it wouldn't compare favorably (my opinion, of course). But if I compare Endless Wire to a random album by some other artist, then I would almost certainly favor Endless Wire, because GL's my favorite singer/songwriter.
It's all relative. In fact, I think this is how Einstein developed his relativity theory--he was looking to explain how he could love Endless Wire in general, yet only strongly like Endless Wire when comparing it to other GL albums. I think that's how it happened, anyway...

08-05-2005, 05:57 AM	#33
Winter's Claw Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Portland, OR, USA Posts: 104	Borderstone, I agree that he doesn't have any bad albums. Even the weaker GL albums are better than many other artists' best albums. If I were comparing Endless Wire to, say, Sundown, then it wouldn't compare favorably (my opinion, of course). But if I compare Endless Wire to a random album by some other artist, then I would almost certainly favor Endless Wire, because GL's my favorite singer/songwriter. It's all relative. In fact, I think this is how Einstein developed his relativity theory--he was looking to explain how he could love Endless Wire in general, yet only strongly like Endless Wire when comparing it to other GL albums. I think that's how it happened, anyway...