If you ask me ......(and in a round about way i guess you did)...everything pre-hi was great....they have classic soongs before hi that are very uplifting lyrically....."i believe our time is gonna come" was a great positive song for me growing up.......riding the storm out, roll with the changes, golden country....all classics to me.......nine lives was a great pre hi album as well as you can tuna.......buy em all or buy a decade of rock and roll and you will get some gems......of course being from the midwest and loving that midwestern sound makes me alittle biased....gonzo anyone?????/