I don't think there is any middle ground with old Scott. Love him/hate him
I originally started to listen to him because of recommendations from Julian Cope, not personally, from his book, Head on/Repossessed, a great rock'n'roll read.
To me This is Scott at his best, balancing well his mesmerising voice, with his world weary poetic lyrics, not too over produced, a beatiful ballad.
sample Lyric " You shed your names with the seasons, still they all return with their last remains, and they lay them before you... like reasons...."