The biting 'Straight Life' from that album is included here alongside 'Church of Noise'. While Straight Life' can hold its head above water sounding like a new band getting comfortable with each other, 'Church of Noise' is just plain drivel. Yes, but Therapy's bloody-mindedness was still very much apparent. You First . Gone are any traces of corporate, commercial moments and tricky playing.
Cairns cites the album as a reclamation of control.
He's Not That Kind Of Girl' is a diversion to say the least while the biting 'Ten Year Plan' closes the album in fine style with the dirtiest riff this side of a Stooges or MC5 album. In the face of a shift towards dance, Therapy rediscovered that Midas touch that made their very earliest material so vital. Thankfully Therapy will never be company men again. As a collection, 'So Much For The Ten Year Plan' is peerless. Even the bad songs sound good alongside the great ones and overall it represents a healthy look back at an, at times, not too healthy ten years.