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They're both produced/recorded in really interesting ways. I can't think of another album that has the sound of either of them. The end of "Junkie's Promise" sounds like aliens having a tribal gathering to me. But then, the end of "Female Mechanic..." sounds like a bunch of little kids who just saw something really scary trying to comfort themselves, like what the soundtrack to the adaptation of the book "IT" would've been if it had been a decent movie. They both have a lot of "fractured lullabyes" on them. ATL is more free jazz while WM seems to be playing with the idea of early 60s pop melodies. Eh, who knows.
As for whether or not ATL sounds dinky, can you seriously listen to the opening gash on "French Tickler" and think that? Or the huge, menacing moodiness of that three-strum chord at the beginning of "Karen Koltrane"?
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