I loved S&A on my first listens, but rarely listen to it now. Too much mid-tempo. Even a song like The Larger Bowl, which I loved when it came out, nowadays feels so slow and boring, even though the chorus is so cool. The way the lyrics are written on The Larger Bowl is quite inventive - every verse starts with the phrase that ended the previous one. But that doesn´t warrant another listen for me, sadly.
With Clockwork Angels, two things prevent me from enjoying it more: the insane amount of compression and Geddy´s voice, which was starting to get cringeworthy even in the studio. I think they gave all they had on that album, including Geddy singing in a much higher register than he was doing in their other recent efforts, and it does show that he´s struggling there a bunch of times - Seven Cities of Gold, I´m looking at you! And yeah, it does sound muddy. The riffing on Headlong Flight should be amazing to hear, but the end result hurts my ears!