[holden]

Those blips/stabs in place of drums don't really bother me, either- they're just an element of "build" before the first "There is one bird in my house" refrain - which t akea a good 3 minutes to reach, too!

Take another listen, if you can, to the second disc of the box set, of the working versions of Barking's tracks. Like or not the additional production, it did make a lot of sketchy tracks more solid, and UW ultimately approved (at least i have a hard time believing that Rick would let something dubious slide past) the final versions.

A lot of elements on Barking hearken to an earlier techno/electro style. These stabs are such. Not a futuristic-sounding record, but not dated, either.