yeah it's hard to know. the finished tracks on this certainly sound very acceptably finished.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 18 February 2024 08:11 (two months ago) link
iirc from books I've read, he just felt the downward pressure from Columbia and doubted himself greatly, he wanted to work with Tom Verlaine producing and the experience yielded four of the tracks but I don't think that went very well overall.
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 18 February 2024 10:57 (two months ago) link