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Originally Posted by samurai7
In fact, I'd go as far as to say that I think the whole Dead Ringer album is alarmingly underappreciated outside the hardcore fans (the kind that frequent this board) :)
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IMO Dead Ringer runs Bat 2 really close as the second best Meat / Jim album of all time.
Bat 2 benefited from the recycling of Jim's songs from Bad For Good and Original Sin and the 16 year wait (and hence anticipation) for a true follow up to Bat 1; while Dead Ringer suffered from the fact that Jim's best songs of the era were split between this album and Bad For Good and Meat was still recovering his voice.
Nevertheless I love Dead Ringer probably more, because of its rawness and its flaws, and despite the angst and struggle to create it, its still a brilliant album.
So I agree its alarmingly under appreciated - released under different circumstances it could / should have been a much greater hit.