Devil" (reworked into "Waiting for Me"). The contentious full lyric version of "Slow Motion" never appeared on a later EP, as the Black EP, later re-titled Symphony of Decay, was never released, but the song was eventually released in 2006 on the greatest hits album A Collection. Despite the difficult recording sessions and strife among members, in a 2015 Vice retrospective, Jenkins rated the album as his favorite of the band's releases, feeling that the album marked a sweet spot in the band's career, where they had freedom due to the prior album's success, but hadn't developed a fear of failing to create a followup yet. Critical reception The album was generally well received by critics. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised the album for proving that they're "stronger and more serious than many of their post-grunge peers" and concluding that "there's not quite enough of it this time around to make Blue the equal of its predecessor, but it should be enough to please devoted fans." The A.V. Club writer Stephen Thompson agreed, noting that "its second half is particularly aimless and dire—but it's got its moments, particularly the sparkly, hitworthy single 'Never Let You Go' and 'Anything,' which opens the album with two minutes of pop joy." In a mixed review from Spin, Mark Lepage remarked that the band were "lightweights trying their hooks out on the heavy bag", noticing influences from the Rolling Stones, U2, and Kiss. James Hunter of Rolling Stone praised the album for its "finely worked-out chunks of serious gun-metal rockcraft that depend on the San Francisco band's restless, edgy electric guitars" and concluded that the album was a rarity in the way it "works best as either background rock or intimate headphone material." Elysa Gardner of Entertainment Weekly noted Jenkins' lyrics and vocal delivery and Cadogan's guitar-work as standout elements of the album. Track listing All tracks are produced by Stephan Jenkins, The Mud Sisters, Arion Salazar, and Third Eye Blind; except "Slow Motion", produced by Jenkins, David Gleeson, and Ren Klyce. "Darwin" ends at 3:50. After 15 minutes of silence, hidden song "The Red Summer Sun (Extended Coda)" begins 18 minutes 50 seconds into Track 13. Most streaming services have Slow Motion as the last (thirteenth) track instead of the eleventh. Personnel Third Eye Blind Stephan Jenkins – vocals , guitar , percussion , Hammond B3 , Memory Moog , keyboards , string