I once stayed up all night, got onto the roof of my house and listened to this for the first time as the sun came up. Pretty great experience.
Manages to be intensely visceral, articulated and graceful. Caroline's voice is my favorite instrument.
The re-recording is fine I guess, I still prefer to listen to the OG 1989. Vault tracks are decent, makes sense why she kept them off the original record though.
My 12th-grade Spanish teacher showed our class the 'Silent All These Years' music video and I went out and bought the CD for this album like a week later. Pretty great debut record.