's follow-up to places much of his debut's style and vocal meandering into a new and more exciting bunch of songs. The mysteriousness of the album's first single, reached the Top 20 in the United States and in the U.K., while is ' finest offering, proving that could roam freely with his voice and still have it work effectively. But doesn't stop here, as he gives tracks like and an equal amount of curt abstractness and appeal. Because 's voice is so compelling in any state, the convolution of his writing tends to take a back seat to his singing in most of his solo work, which is definitely the case in most of the songs here. went on tour with within the same year as ' release, adding another facet to his already diverse solo repertoire. [The 2007 reissue includes live versions of three songs from the album ( ) and the previously unreleased as bonus tracks.] ~ Mike DeGagne