This is an extremely well written review. As someone else who grew up in the 90's when STP was burning up rock radio, I agree with everything you said.

I thought the album itself was...er...surprisingly better than the drug binged trainwreck I thought it would be. Nowhere near a Top 50 AOTY but loads more enjoyable than what I was anticipating.

Originally Posted by Shatter_Glass

jesus man, how do you enjoy the music that you have if you listen to at least 50 new records a year?! You're not a music reviewer are you???

haha not so much. I was lucky enough to have a job where I could listen to music at work. That couple with www.lala.com (which is getting shut down, sadly) meant that I went through tons of albums. I'll spin ANYTHING once, but the stuff I really love I end up going back to over and over.