you ever listen to one of your ten favorite albums ever...

and get somewhere on the second half and go "fuck, this song is somehow even better than I remembered?" That's happening right now with the Congos' "Ark of the Covenant." Was it always so funky? Did the "princes, priests and warriors" hook always kick so much ass? Gosh, I know it's a cliche but that album is transcendent - not transcendent like "it transcends reggae" or some such shit but transcendent like "it bends space-time through sheer soul."