As per usual, KC, our tastes are running similar.  I'm REALLY digging Oasis and all along I have been (insanely) into Medicine.  It's like musical heroin for me.  I can't stop hearing it and singing it (much to the chagrin of anyone with ears).  There’s a certain je ne sais pas when this group gets together.  I like the magic of them as a whole, rather than in parts.  In other words, I'm happy with the directional change in the album.  I am an admitted guitar slore.  When Scott and Benny don’t play a major role, my interest wanes.  I’m sure the shelved album is pretty.  Pretty has its place, it just doesn’t get the ole blood pumping nearly as much for me.