Something in the mix churns wrong, nonetheless. For all the persuasive shapes they throw, Alabama 3 have never approached an authentic vision. Like the Fun Lovin’ Criminals, something of the cabaret clown trickles through their veins. In their eagerness to woo, they betray a showman’s streak that feels cheap and tatty. Outlaw waxes naff from every pore. There is a dreadful cover – a more-disturbing-than-it ought-to-be image of an infant wearing a stetson – and an opener, ‘Train Intro’ that swaggers and lurches, as though preparing for a bar brawl. Deeper horrors await in the interior: ‘How Can I Protect You’, for instance, boasts the terrifying epithet “featuring Aslan” and halfway through duly erupts into a sampled chorus of 'Crazy World'. The moment is redolent of tucking into an expensive meal only to find something slithering amongst the vegetables.