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I was browsing through my friend's music collection when I found this CD and instantly became delighted! I remember when I first heard this CD, it was probably 1998, and I don't think I've had it in my hands since. Naturally, I instantly put it into the CD player and listened to the entire thing!

This CD really inspired me, I remember I went through a couple years recording incomplete and moody songs at home using a four-track casette recorder. I think this CD is brilliant because it is so stripped and basic... hardly produced at all. Well recorded, though. It's the songs that made me fall in love with it so quickly... Hayden is a unique songwriter, with a unique voice.

My favorite songs from this album include "We Don't Mind," "Skates," and "I Almost Cried." And of course, track 16 gets funny at about eight-and-a-half minutes, when Hayden enlightens us on the procedures for preparing BLT sandwhiches and Kraft Dinner.

Finding this CD really made my day.

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