fantasticandy wrote:
nah chrommo!
not so!
wer'e broke....with a tiny fanbase.
and wer'e putting out a three-disc box set.
What I believe Chrome means by making a good business decision (and he can correct me if I'm wrong) is that a full length cd and an ep (the Coffee Hounds ep was not part of the vinyl version of U23, so I'm not including that) will bring in more income than a double cd will even accounting for expenses. Generally a double cd costs less to buy than a regular cd and an ep, so the band will make more when people buy both. And there will be some more casual fans who will buy a single cd, but would not buy a double, so they will get those sales too.

And however much I love "So Love May Find Us" (I have to admit I haven't listened to "Insanity" or "LLC" much) and personally wouldn't mind it on U23 at all, I strongly doubt the album would be receiving the overwhelmingly positive critical reviews (esp. professional ones) with it included that it is receiving without it. It's just too long for general consumption and I think would bring out many "too self indulgent" complaints. Adding the other two songs from the Pangaea ep would just add more fuel to the self indulgent argument.

KIABGOA