I agree. I think because the way the turntable needle slows down as you get closer to the centre of the record, bands avoided anything with lots of layers as the last song on each side (slower needle, lower quality audio). FM we’re always better with a big sound and, with few exceptions, their stripped down songs weren’t really up to the same standard.

Tóg É Go Bog É, by Kíla:

The Siege of Carrickfinn International Airport is very much the weakest song on an album of absolute bangers.

Still the best album out of Ireland in the 1990s, no contest.

Ludovico Einaudi, I Gorni