I find this album more consistent and listenable than any post Rubber Soul Beatles album. Often lauded albums, most notably Sgt. Pepper's should never have been described as ground breaking. Much like that eyesore of a Mercedes SUV in your neighbors drive, or the new restaurant that insists on putting fruit in dishes where no fruit should be, the word "trendy" would be far better suited as a descriptive term. Plastic Ono band, with a few evident exceptions where Lennon reveals himself as the self-righteous demagogue he was (but none the less a pop genius) seems far removed from "trendy' as we listen to stark and raw, confessional rock and roll; something all together missing from the bloated Sgt. Pepper's, and inconsistently appearing on the White Album and Abbey Road.