Yeah - the only non-Carter song on there is Laughlin Boy. Which is the one real misstep of the album, to my mind. (Actually, I'm not nearly as fond of Phantom Doll as you, but it's grown on me over time). It was, I think, intended to be heard as the closest thing we'd ever get to what would have been the fourth album. Also, Dave Carter had apparently said that he eventually did want Tracy Grammer to take over the lead vocals, and so it's arguable that all that was really missing was his backing vocals. Though my one real sorrow about the album, aside from the whole "Oh God, there's never going to be any more" sorrow, is that there's none of the depth of harmony that appears on the three proper DC&TG albums - nothing like "Kate and the Ghost of Lost Love," "Tanglewood Tree," or "Disappearing Man."

Verdant Mile is quite good - the title song is heartbreaking, if perhaps a hair clever (It's aggressively meta-textual). The remainder is cover songs, but they're interesting cover songs. I originally thought it was only worth it for two tracks, but I've now come to the conclusion that almost everything on it is very good and very worth listening to.

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