ne ▁critic ized ▁the ▁album ' s ▁production , ▁saying ▁" like ▁many ▁self - produ ced ▁efforts , ▁it ▁shows ." ▁He ▁added , ▁" With ▁arrang ements ▁that ▁cr est ▁and ▁fall ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁where ▁a ▁road ▁map ▁would ▁have ▁helped , ▁the ▁over long ▁( 1 6 - song ) ▁album ▁is ▁often ▁unw ield y ▁and ▁could ▁have ▁benef ited ▁from ▁jud icious ▁trim ming ." ▁All Music ▁staff ▁writer ▁Stephen ▁Thomas ▁Er le w ine ▁gave ▁the ▁album ▁three ▁out ▁of ▁five ▁stars , ▁saying ▁that ▁" it ▁might ▁seem ▁like ▁nothing ▁more ▁than ▁heavy ▁metal , ▁but ▁a ▁closer ▁listen ▁reve als ▁that ▁Sound g arden ▁haven ' t ▁temper ed ▁their ▁amb itions ▁at ▁all ." ▁The ▁rev iewer ▁for ▁Mel ody ▁M aker ▁said ▁that ▁" the ir ▁roots ▁don ' t ▁matter ▁now . ▁All ▁I ▁care ▁for ▁now ▁is ▁the ▁imm edia cy ▁of ▁their ▁pop ▁moments ." ▁Crit ic ▁Robert ▁Christ g au ▁gave ▁the ▁album ▁an ▁honor able ▁mention ▁of ▁one ▁star , ▁describing ▁it ▁as ▁" br ut al ▁de pression ▁simplified " ▁and ▁highlight ed ▁by ▁the ▁songs ▁" Ty ▁C obb " ▁and ▁" App leb ite ", ▁while ▁Jason ▁Joseph es ▁from ▁P itch f ork ▁called ▁it ▁a ▁" double ▁shot ▁of ▁gr unge , ▁no ▁fo am ▁but ▁plenty ▁of ▁c aff e ine ." ▁A ▁negative ▁review ▁came ▁from ▁Johnny ▁C igare tt es ▁of ▁N ME , ▁who ▁gave ▁the ▁album ▁