Especially compared with their earlier stuff? Personally, I think that while Mould's songs are uniformly strong (¤almost), the only good Hart-songs are "¤Back from somewhere" and "She's floating away".

Also, it's possibly the least diverse double-album I've ever heard with song-after-song of 80's college-rock. Compared with their earlier albums, there's no hardcore/punk, no ballads or acoustic tracks, no experiments or instrumentals, just college-rock song after college-rock song. The drumming is also uninspired compared with the earlier records.

That being said, I think Mould reached his peak and perfected his style so I still like the record a lot...