i love in defense... it took me about the same amount of listens as IARB to really get into it, but i like it as much as IARB now. There are obviously some throwaways (which IARB didn't have.) but shit, it's 27 songs, what do you expect?
i'm not disagreeing. but the total number of tracks probably still would have necessitated two discs, and with max bemis being the ego-freak he is i'm sure he just said "fuck it, leave 'em"