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From the first time I heard Villains, I knew it was a great album (even the radio-sap of "The Freshmen" is OK in the context of the whole), and repeated listenings to Pop Smear reveals a different yet equally great work.I wanted very much to like "The Verve Pipe". A lot of the songs are good. A couple are great. The SOUND is what's missing. Technically, the guitars sound like they were recorded direct instead of through cranked up amplifiers. There's a lot of distortion that screams incompetent recording engineers. There's a clinical iciness to it all-no warmth or punch (especially the drums!).Too bad. This could have been a really good album when rock really needs it. Fortunately, there's Radiohead.