I'm a huge STP fan, but I'm a little unsure right now. There's no doubt that the group is as good as ever, but I don't think BTL is a good example of the music they are capable of. It sounds too much like a VR song (reminds me of Gas + A Dollar Laugh). I also liked VR, but it was more straightforward than STP. I still eagerly await the rest of the album (Huckleberry Crumble was pleasing to me, but the beginning of Bagman sounded an awful like the Batman song...not great).