In reading most of the comments I can see where almost everyone is coming from. However, in listening to the album I can only say that this album is simply sheer enjoyment. I have all of Spock Beard's disks and all four of the newest (post-Beard) CD's of Neal. This one's got everything. It's complexity, heaviness and beauty are in my opinion, in perfect balance. To me Testimony was a perfect 10. However, I felt that "One" fell short to maybe an 8. Then ? climbed up to a 9. S.S. to me is a 10.5 and still growing (on me).