1. Please rank them compared to SOI - as good or better than the best tracks on SOI
  2. All = Better, except for The Troubles ..(maybe)
  3. There is another source now...better sound to my ears
  4. All songs better than SOI, except Troubles, agreed.
  5. Is this 'new album hype' talking?
  6. For me it has lows worse than SOI, but peaks higher than that album too. A roller coaster.
  7. Seems pretty accurate. There's nothing as bad as GOO on SOI...
  8. Reviews and critics and well basically any thought about something uttered from someone's mouth or commited to paper or a keypad are always going to be subjective, and therefore quite possibly different to how you feel so there's never any point in taking much from it. It's just their opinion at the end of the day, and we all got one, right? I always take what reviewers and critics have to say with a pinch of salt.

    Personally I love The Showman though, yes it's a bit of a spanner in the works as far as the rest of the album goes, but it has its place and for me has its place on the album.