Chris Knox, Yes!! (CD)

It's hard to even write rationally about Chris's music at this point. It's also really inspiring to see video of him back on a stage performing with charisma and energy at a point where many others might have given up. I still do enjoy listening to his many great albums. By the time of 1997's Yes!!, he'd fallen into a bit of a formula, so it lacks some of the magic feeling of discovery that's present on Croaker. It features a bit heavier guitar sounds, a bagpipe, and the unforgettable "Ballad of a Victim of the Economic Recovery". There's also one of Chris's very odd collage pieces at the end—17 minutes and 26 seconds of "Ndidi". The combination of colors and patterns on the cover is hard to look at, which fits Chris's personality but not so much the music inside.