Reviews
Probably the most perfectly sequenced album I've ever heard. Each track sets up the next one beautifully and the climax hits like a freight train. The fact that they pulled this off is honestly kind of miraculous.
I come back to this every few months and find something new each time.
Respectable effort with some genuinely strong tracks mixed in.
Incredibly overrated. One of the most baffling critical darlings out there.
Somehow sounds even better decades later.
I've tried writing about this album so many times and words always fall short.
Not sure what happened here. Their previous work was so strong and this feels like a significant step backward. The songwriting is lazy, the production is overwrought, and the whole thing feels phoned in. A couple of decent tracks don't save it.
I can see why this has its fans but it just doesn't connect with me the way their other work does. The songwriting feels less inspired and the production, while technically impressive, feels a bit sterile. A few standout moments keep it from being a total miss.
Occasionally overindulgent but the quality is undeniable.
Arguably the greatest album in its genre. Hard to argue otherwise.