I think Kill Uncle was a great album. I would hardly consider myself an oddball or hardcore. For me Your Arsenal is like Zooropa one of those albums created on a tour and released too quickly. The band and everyone else was still high from the tour and thought they had a masterpiece on their hands. I think if they would have waited and not rushed it out, it could have been a much better album. Many of the songs had a lot of potential but fell short.
I think Kill Uncle had the opposite problem it was over-produced, good album but over polished.
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