Unlike normal special editions, the 13-track version's bonus tracks are in the middle of the album, apparently forming the "true" album as the band intended it.
"In a true visual album," he said, "you can walk away and still get the music, or you can sit down and watch."
Liew has stated that this is a true album for audiophiles.
The idea was to identify the very best true albums, not compilations that cherry pick the best songs from an artist's career.
Interestingly, according to its product description, though it is the band's "sophomore" album, it is also their first "true" album!
Towards the end of 1978, Art Bears returned to the studio to record their first "true" album, Winter Songs (1979).
After putting a series of False Hopes albums, the crew decided it was finally time to release a true album.
In their absence the band's debut album Fool's Gold was released, one of the first true "albums" in Australian music.
Morrison does not regard this record as a true album, as Bert Berns compiled and released it without his consent.
- maybe the first true "live" album by a Brazilian artist, without any post-production, edition or overdubs.