They never made an “is this sloppy Seventies burnout crap or is it great?” album like Tonight’s the Night or Desire or Black and Blue. They never made an “is this overproduced Eighties synth crap or is it great?” album like Trans or Infidels or Undercover. They never did a divorce saga like Blood on the Tracks or Some Girls or On the Beach. They never tried a cheese-pop sellout move as comical as “She Was Hot” or “Tight Connection to My Heart” or “Kinda Fonda Wanda.” They never did a grizzled resurgence like Ragged Glory or Tattoo You or Love and Theft. We’ll never know what it would have been
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