I love COC's older work, Wiseblood was great. ITAOG is better but differnt than anything the band has ever done before. Most songs dont start out with a guitar riff like "clean my wounds". these songs seem more progressive. At first, i did not like this, but it later grew to me. alot of the songs are also very long. "so much left behind" has a great riff that COC is known for. Overall this album is very dark, and i guess angry, but pepper still sings great. Definatly check this cd out.