06-20-2013, 12:35 AM
NegPhil Wrote:Well well well.
I voted for WATS too. I still think it was an epic work of musical theater but I never go back to it.
WATS was the Hip's attempt at a bloated 70s rock album, complete with ridiculous amounts of overdubs, strings, keyboards, and glossy production. Some of it worked and some of it didn't. I admire them for trying something different, however the results were pretty weak for the most part. Bob Rock polished away the band's edges on that record, and it didn't suit them at all.

