I'm going to be hanging out in Chicago all weekend, I'm sure I'll be tempted by a vinyl copy when I go to Reckless. If the price is reasonable, I'll probably get that instead of the Zaireeka box.
Listening to the same version I have been for now, and really closely at that (I compared the sound quality to the Rhapsody rip and the difference is negligible). Trying to pick out every little nuance of this thing right now, reading the lyrics along with it. What a delightfully strange album this is. Until tonight, I had no idea Wayne broke up with Michelle after 25 fucking years. That's crazy. Between that and Steven getting back on smack, I can understand what's going on here a little better.
This is one of those Kid A type records that seems to have fun fucking with you for a while, until one day it stops being such an asshole and you become close friends. I know, through four tracks, this is by far the best listen I've had to it yet. I remember the really shitty portion of the album was tracks 5 and 6 or so, that's where I started to tune out before. It got to be too atonal, too difficult. So we'll see. I don't know why I'm typing about all this already, there's a lot of album left, I just know I'm really excited by what I'm hearing right now. It's got quite a spell on me at the moment.