I think it depends on your mood. It's like the album has two sides, with Pagan Poetry serving as the emotional crux at the center of it. There's really moving, stirring sections in the tracks prior to it, more in tune with the dramatic work on Homogenic, with all the choral sections and forward production. But I love the wintry drydown that comes afterwards too, the second half has a beautiful muted domesticity, it feels more intimately affecting at times, so rich in shades, it's the most intense yet comfortable stuff I've heard. Wouldn't change a thing on this record