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I think I agree with wonwayout's view on the over-produced question. I don't remember who brought up that accusation, but from listening to the album it would seem to me there was some sort of ulterior motive in complaining about the new disc in those terms. At the very least "over-produced" needs some some sort of re-defining to be applied to HTN. Well, if it means lots and lots of overdubs, I don't hear that on the new album. A few electric guitars were over-dubbed on the two acoustic pieces, and I think I heard one part where there were some Derek licks after one of his solos while there were still "warren" guitar and a "derek" guitar parts both playing rhythm at the same time. So I guess that was over-dubbed. But that's about it. I don't mean to suggest it was a "live-in-the-studio" record, but I always think of "overdub" to mean multiple guitar parts by the same guitarist at the same time (think Jimmy Page in Zeppelin). If "over-produced" means really processed sounding instruments, I don't hear that either. All the instruments to me sound pretty much the same as they sound when they play live. Derek's guitar tone sounds a wee-bit too compressed for my preferences. But I'm sure all the players' instrument-signals were compressed, as they are on all albums. I'm not saying the album is necessarily perfect (i'd give it an 8 or 9 on a 10-scale), but the over-produced allegation doesn't seem to me to be a fitting criticism.