Wow, this surprises me. Everyone I've talked to about the album love it and it has gotten quite good reviews too. That being said, it is not an easy album. More or less, they completely turned themselves over and started from scratch. I have been listening to the album more or less all the time since I got it and I'm sorry, I can't fathom the dislike for it. I think maybe a lot of people had expectations that it would just be an extension of the first two albums, just ten years later. I, for one, am glad its not.