You ready for some hot takes, cause boy do I got them.
Singles Era -
Watch: It feels a little unfair to criticize this song since this was before they really found themselves, but the fact that the song feels so off time makes it a bit harder to revisit, and isn't as catchy as Damage Done in my most humble of opinions.
Phantom: Just a diet version of Floorshow that doesn't really go anywhere creatively, and feels more like just a random snippet of a jam session.
Home of the Hit-men: This song is actually pretty dang good, and reminds me a lot of a song by the late Snakefinger from vocal delivery, and instrumentation. But this song is just too dang short! It really could've been expanded upon.
FALAA Era -
Bury Me Deep: it's the only song I really don't care for in this period. The song just kinda goes nowhere in my opinion, and just feels very repetitive in a not good way. I like Eldritch's macabre ethereal vocal delivery in this song but that's all the nice stuff I have to say about it.
SISTERHOOD Era -
Finland Red, Egypt White: Feels pretty uninspired, and I mean sure the rest of GIFT was a rush job but the rest of the songs at least felt unique and catchy to me. Even as repetitive as Jihad was I feel like you could at least dance to it.
Floodland Era -
1959: this song feels like the lowest point of the whole album imo. The rest of Floodland is this chaotic proto-industrial gothic hellscape that Von takes us through like a musical Charon on a post-apocalyptic River Styx. It just comes off, to me, as super sappy, and overly sentimental, but without the same genuine heart that went into something like Nine while Nine or Some Kind of Stranger.
Flood II: Certainly not the worst song on the album, but it just doesn't carry the same energy as the song after it, and it's first counterpart Flood I. I'll listen to it on occasion but it just has a weird placement on the album and to me it feels more like a B-side than a proper song. Perhaps it could've been exchanged for a spruced up version of Giving Ground, or Rain From Heaven.
Torch: This song to me just feels super cheesy, not as much as 1959, and maybe it would've been better to swap the two out as the lull in Foodland, but ultimately it is pretty forgetful.
Untitled: It's just slowed down Dominion so it's a pretty filler track. With that said it's companion piece Sandstorm is pretty good and I wish it was actually the intro to Dominion like in the music video.
Long Train: It is certainly Train, but longer. Train itself is a banger of a track, and full of so much energy but this rendition just kinda overstays it's welcome.
Vision Thing Era -
I Was Wrong: This is basically the 1959 of Vision Thing, and I do not care for it for the same reasons.
You Could Be the One: No you most certainly can not. This song is just butt rock of the 90s and it doesn't hold up at all.
The Final Recording Era -
Alice 1993: Just doesn't have the same energy as the original, and kinda overblows the whole thing which is the opposite of how I feel about Temple of Love 1992. It's still a decent song at it's core because Alice is a classic but it just kinda feels like a middling cover of the original, and doesn't bring anything new to the table.
Live Era -
I Have Slept With All The Girls In Berlin: Weird flex, but okay. Jokes aside, it just feel a little generic for my liking, and the lyrics don't feel especially inspired.
for this rare official live footage 
