▁The ▁album ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁mixed ▁reviews . ▁While ▁pra ising ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁for ▁being ▁more ▁nu anced ▁with ▁its ▁sound ▁than ▁its ▁prede cess or , ▁Eric ▁Car r ▁of ▁P itch f ork ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁was ▁ham per ed ▁by ▁Anthony ▁Roman ' s ▁delivery ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁polit ically ▁heavy ▁songs ▁being ▁delivered ▁with ▁the ▁" ver bal ▁subt le ty ▁of ▁an ▁e ighth ▁gr ader ▁with ▁an ▁an archy ▁symbol ▁st itch ed ▁onto ▁his ▁back pack ." ▁He ▁concluded ▁that , ▁" G oth am ! ▁is ▁decent , ▁catch y , ▁and ▁entertain ing , ▁but ▁can ' t ▁keep ▁up ▁the ▁pace ▁it ▁sets ▁from ▁the ▁beginning , ▁which ▁is ▁just ▁too ▁dam n ▁bad ." ▁Christ ina ▁Re es ▁of ▁The ▁Village ▁Vo ice ▁found ▁the ▁production ▁t iring ▁and ▁derivative ▁of ▁bands ▁like ▁Gang ▁of ▁Four ▁and ▁The ▁Cl ash ▁and ▁felt ▁that ▁Roman ' s ▁performance ▁failed ▁to ▁match ▁that ▁of ▁John ▁L yd on . ▁She ▁did ▁give ▁the ▁band ▁credit ▁for ▁creating ▁a ▁difficult ▁sound ▁that ▁was ▁a ▁labor ▁of ▁love ▁to ▁them , ▁con cluding ▁that , ▁" The ▁younger ▁k ids ▁should ▁enjoy ▁the ▁sound ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁out , ▁while ▁new - wave ▁nost alg ia head s ▁can ▁time ▁travel . ▁It ' s ▁hard ▁to ▁dismiss ▁such ▁passion ate ▁effort . ▁Just ▁do ▁me ▁a ▁favor ▁and ▁switch ▁off ▁the ▁s tere o ▁on ▁your ▁way ▁out