No doubt I'll take flack from this band's supporters, but I found this entire album to be an insufferable whine-fest. My God, whatever happened to rock? You know, something with a beat and a singer who doesn't sound like he's about to toss his cookies, so to speak. Even my kids asked "why is the man on the radio is whining so much?" when "How to save a life" was thrust on us for the 56th time that day.I tried to "get" the songs, expecially the beaten into a pulp by overplay "How to save a life", but just couldn't do it. I simply cannot see how endless whining and whimpering constitutes music. But, based on what commercial radio is playing "whining" seems to be in. Let's see, we have John Mayer, Five for Fighting, Snow Patrol and now this bunch. Just great.... In the span of a few years we've gone from music with some drive that kicks a little butt to.....this? Ugh....