I think many people who aren't initially blown away are having a hard time adjusting to the vibe of the album. IMO, this album has a different kind of scariness to it than previous ones. I don't even know if I could effectively describe my thoughts on the matter, but this album doesn't have that "shit I'm really high and this is freaking me out" feel. This has a legit freaked out tone to it, and you don't have to be under the influence to feel it. There aren't many warm, fuzzy, nostalgic moments. I don't feel like I'm delving through an emotional past lifetime. It's very sci-fi and futuristic, 1984 and Cold War, while previous albums had The Past Inside the Present. It's deep and psychedelic like previous albums, though. It's still as powerful as everything else BoC has done. It does have its moments that remind me of past tracks, such as Nothing Is Real, but In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country it's not. I see reflections of the current state of global affairs in this album, and the truth is we live in scary times. We have threats of nuclear war again, and we have Monsatan trying to to control the world with deadly GMO seeds in hopes to have the ultimate control over all peoples of the earth. This album speaks that to me through its sound. This album is absolutely brilliant.