Absolutely agree. I’ve always had TD as my favourite album, but haven’t listened to it in years. I played it twice from start to finish in the last week, and realised why it’s my favourite. Other than Hey God, every song has prolific RS harmony in it, far more than any of the previous albums.
Richie is my idol, and unfortunately I’ll never listen to anything with Phil in it, but Phil deserves to be there as well. He has never done nothing wrong, has always treated Richie with respect, has always shown complete class, and has answered the SOS from the band many times. He’s not the king of swing though, so I’ll never give him a chance