I'm in the minority in that I loved the original Vapor Trails. Even to the point where it never left my car stereo for four months. Yes, the sonic qualities are abysmal, but I was still able to look past them and enjoy the album in full.
When the first couple tracks for the remixed album came out, I was excited for the whole thing to be heard. I loved the new details in One Little Victory that could now be heard, and I was looking forward to seeing what other things would be uncovered that were previously buried under the mud. Unfortunately, the officially released remixed version underwhelmed me. I was only expecting that the sound would be cleaned up, but some slightly changed arrangements (like in Ceiling Unlimited) or changed/remixed vocal melodies (as in Peaceable Kingdom) made me feel like I was listening to a different record than the one I originally loved.
Between the two mixes, I actually prefer the original. I bought the HD tracks version of the album which retained the original album's punch and rawness while reducing the clipping a bit that it suffered from, so that's the one I like the most.
As far as their last three studio efforts go: CA>VT>>>>>>>S&A. I felt nearly zero energy from Snakes. Even fell asleep listening to it the first time. Aside from Far Cry, Main Monkey Business, and Malignant Narcissism, I felt the rest were just mid-tempo stragglers with uninteresting vocal melodies. Haven't listened to it in years.
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