Honestly... I liked the song by song breakdowns/descriptions. The final paragraph and album "scoring" is totally subjective, but part of me likes reading the album being downplayed (6). That way when I finally hear it for myself, I can be pleasantly surprised. But overall I appreciated the actual review.
The thing I disliked about the review... were all the jabs at Scott (his character, past, choices, etc...). I say this NOT as a fan of Scott, but as someone who's read hundreds of similar reviews (all shitty). Review the music, compare songs to older material, different musicians, the times, whatever! It's just incredibly amateurish to spend so much of the review dwelling on Scott's "troubled past" like all the other shitty media outlets do. That's how every review for STP, VR, solo album has started for the past twenty years... maybe it's time to break the mold and focus on the actual review part of the review?