I'm sure I started a thread about something similar a couple of years back but it seems to be gone... no matter...
I agree, YES!
I jumped on board roundabout 1989 or so... and I still love those albums, you know, the 'classic era', Thunder, Cain, No Rest, etc. Bloody LOVE 'em.

But if I was going to stick an NMA album on tonight, it would be HIGH or TODAY IS A GOOD DAY or BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF... I do wonder if it's just because I've listened to those old tunes a gazillion times and I don't need to listen to them again, I can play them back in my head anytime I want...
But I've noticed it at the live shows as well. if I need a pee or a drink or a smoke, I'm far more likely to do it during the 'old' songs... it's not that I dislike those tunes, far from it, but when I hear 'Red Earth' or 'One Of The Chosen' or 'Kneival' or so many others from the last few years... it excites my imagination more than 'No Rest' yet again... I know, blasphemy and all that, bring on the disagreements...

I remember last time NMA played the Manchester Ritz, having a smoke outside and a discussion with someone who was all 'not interested in the new stuff, just wanna hear the old stuff' and I thought 'poor you if you can't get how great the new stuff is...'

So, yeah, NMA are getting better with age, in my silly little mind... and 'Angry Planet' is probably one of my top ten ever!