▁generally ▁favor able ▁reviews . ▁At ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁which ▁assign s ▁a ▁weight ed ▁average ▁rating ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁to ▁reviews ▁from ▁main stream ▁critics , ▁the ▁album ▁received ▁an ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 7 2 . ▁Stephen ▁Thomas ▁Er le w ine ▁of ▁All Music ▁gave ▁the ▁album ▁four ▁stars , ▁saying ▁that ▁it ▁" ret ains ▁the ▁high ▁quality ▁of ▁The ▁Green ▁Album ". ▁Pop Mat ters ▁gave ▁the ▁album ▁an ▁eight ▁out ▁of ▁ten , ▁saying ▁" Mal ad roit ▁keeps ▁it ▁short , ▁keeps ▁it ▁simple , ▁keeps ▁it ▁honest , ▁but ▁also ▁important ly , ▁they ▁keep ▁it ▁coming . ▁Thank ▁We e zer ▁for ▁that ." ▁However , ▁I GN ▁later ▁gave ▁the ▁album ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁five ▁out ▁of ▁ten , ▁and ▁called ▁it ▁a ▁" m ixed ▁bag ", ▁stating , ▁" If ▁you ▁want ▁to ▁listen ▁to ▁a ▁ter r ific ▁We e zer ▁cover ▁band , ▁proceed ▁directly ▁to ▁Mal ad roit . ▁Go ing ▁by ▁title ▁alone , ▁it ' s ▁exactly ▁as ▁advert ised . ▁But , ▁please , ▁in ▁the ▁future , ▁let ' s ▁leave ▁We e zer ▁to ▁their ▁own ▁devices . ▁O urs ▁aren ' t ▁working ." ▁ ▁Sp in ▁ended ▁up ▁calling ▁it ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁best ▁album ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁and ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁readers ▁voted ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁best ▁of ▁the ▁year . ▁In ▁another ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁readers