[MattPower]

I do appreciate the Rawness of IBE, but it is one of my least favorite Hip albums. - Possibly my least. It just sounds to sloppy to me, like the band doesn't care. Gord mumbles an awful lot, which I find gets really annoying. I hate the way the album even starts - If only Heaven Is A Better Place started with a better intro that built up or something. The worst is "If New Orleans is Beat." It sounds like the whole band is half asleep. Yeah, I know that's a lot of negatives. It just doesn't do it for me at all.

There are a few positives though. I like Gus, Nashville and the last two songs: Are we Family is touching and Josephine rocks pretty hard. Vaccination Scar is pretty good too.