I found Have a Nice Day somewhat satisfying when I was first released. I felt the title track along with a few others really answered my prayers at the time with what I really wanted from this band. I played it regularly for a good year after it was released. "Have a Nice Day", "I Want to be Loved" and "I Am" I couldn't get enough of, but I find I care a lot less for it now in revisiting the album in recent years.

Yet when Lost Highway was in the works, my anticipation went flacid. Weather it was the country/Nashville ingredient that put me off at the time, I don't know. I still sought after snippets, which up until then still gave me somewhat of a buzz and the final album still had a handful of songs that I liked, but as a whole it was a bit boring.

The Circle was the same, though the only hint of excitement was from wondering what the band would produce without the Nashville twang. And again, some good songs but whilst it's a notch above Lost Highway, it's still largley forgettable for me.

What About Now held almost no excitement at all before, during and afterward. After hearing the studio rehearsal clip of the title track, I thought there's really nothing to hope for now. Forget praying for another hard rock guitar driven stadium playing album, I'd be lucky to hear just one or two decent songs at all. I quite liked "I'm With You" but that's about it.