I really like Holland. But I think the album could be better.
Yeah, Hard Times was made after Holland was delivered. But I still prefer it over We Got Love, hands down!
And Carry Me Home is excellent as well, though I still prefer Hard Times. Though maybe it's because Carry Me Home sounds very incomplete and the quality of the bootleg is horrible.
What I'd change about Holland is adding the three songs mentioned, use the unreleased version of Big Sur instead of the bad one that made it to the final version, cut out Beaks Of Eagles (California Saga was so unnecessary!) and Steamboat, keep Sail On Sailor intact and remix and shorten every other remaining song!
Congratulations - you've just turned the band's best non-BW album into something that would majorly suck. As for "Hard Times" being recorded after
Holland was delivered... since when did October 4th ever come after October 9th ?
As I've already said to John Manning: "I read some of the thread, but not every post. What I did read was comments such as how Hard Times was recorded just after Holland was delivered. In any case, Thanks for correcting me!"
I wouldn't say it's the Boys best album without major BW involvement. But it's all subjective
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