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Title: Not the Best Black Flag ...
Review: ... but still well worth listening to. These are apparently outtakes from a previous recording session, and it definitely seems like it. That said, it's still an interesting release.Many people thought Black Flag was at its best when it was at its rawest, which is pre-Rollins. There is some merit to that, but Rollins brought something to the band that made it shine. It was an artistic bent, a skewed philosophy, and lots of introspection. It was raw poetry, and that's something that can't easily be duplicated. This release is the blunter side of the Black Flag sword. It won't make anyone into a fan, but it also shouldn't turn people away ... except those who never liked Rollins in the first place.
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