He delivered, but at first I had my doubts. He was quite brutal about taking a machete to songs if he thought they had too many verses one song he completely halved. And he didn't like my acoustic guitar playing. Did you notice that, Chris He would accidentally lean on the mute button. But I'm surprised and delighted with the way the record has turned out.
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