I've expressed my views on this album before, but to expand on the current discussion: I think the best that can be said of this album is that it's very competent. I can listen to it as a whole and enjoy it, in spite of the lack of sonic cohesion. But a masterpiece it is not. And I do find it, to say the least, weird, that any reviewer could have taken it as such.
With that said, to be fair, the overwhelming response seemed to be that it was a sorta 4 star deal. Though personally I think 3.5 is more accurate.
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