Having been a fan since the Crossroad/TD era, the Crush era dissapointed me in that , ok you can have some hit-orientes songs (IML, SIIS, TYFLM) but I would expect the rest of the album to be a bit more edgy and interesting. On the contrary even songs that were somehow supposed to be more experimental, like Next 100 Years, seemed to have been softened in the way they were recorded. It seemed a bit forced to me as a whole (If i knew what was coming .. )

Now, I see it a bit differently, I think a lot of CRUSH is quite genuine, it was just that the actuall spirit of Jon & Ritchie at the time had become more conventional/concervative/soft, but they were actually happy so what do I have to say.

Crush DVD also my first dvd of the band, had this apparent conventionality and non-rock stardom to it. It didn't feel as "artistic" as I would want it. I cringed at the scene in BOR with the girl. I did enjoy many performances however. LOAP/YGLABN were so funny & cool at the same time.