Yeah I think you're probably right about that, most of the guitar-based musicians I know love that album. I come back to it quite a bit, it's exceptional.
They do a fantastic version of 'Melody' here, about 3 minutes in :
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Lee Mavers doesn't look real in it, he looks like he's been green-screened, it's quite weird.