I have somewhat mixed feelings about EJSTNS. I think that overall the album is weird because it's such a mix of their best (Bull In The Heather, Starfield Road, Doctor's Orders, Sweet Shine) and worst songs (I do not feel the need to list them). I can't say if Lee had contributed a song to the album that it would have made it better or worse as a whole. I think that Dirty is a masterpiece and very tight in terms of production (and I do not mean that in a bad way), as records that Butch Vig produces typically are. He did EJSTNS too and despite that the band was still working with Butch, the production was much looser, which is the album's strength in some songs and weakness in others.
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