Funny you mention that album. Because Strength & Loyalty came out the same year and it’s a superior album...I could say Eight Diagrams is better than any Bone album except Creepin and 1999. That don't really mean anything though. I like Wu better just like you like Bone better. At the end of the day, I think the later albums are all on about the same level. None of the are the classics that the earlier albums were.