Not sure why the critics piled on this one. It's a very good album. I guess Allmusic likes it: after their classic 2 albums, it's one of 6 studio albums they give 4 stars. On second thought, that's 8/13 studio albums get 4 stars or more. Still, not a bad grade. Allmusic users give it 4 stars aggregate, but the lowest number of reviews at that level. Built to Last, Shakedown Street and Go to Heaven are the only worse graded by users. Anyway, the people like it: this and American Beauty went double platinum (along with Europe '72), and Workingman's Dead went single platinum. If you ask me, all four of those belong in the collection, and then there's Cornell, a towering, 5 star masterpiece in my view.
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