I really liked this album too. Frantic, St. Anger, Monster and a few other songs are some of their best. Don't get the hate, outside of the reasons you laid out because the music is great!
I gotta say, in hindsight (and at the time, actually), they were spot on about Napster. Unless you're Beyonce or Taylor Swift no one sells albums like they used to. And then people bitch about concert and merch prices when these bands need to make up for lost album sales somehow. I said at the time that there were a lot of entitled people who didn't think artists should be paid for their work.
I really liked this album too. Frantic, St. Anger, Monster and a few other songs are some of their best. Don't get the hate, outside of the reasons you laid out because the music is great!
I gotta say, in hindsight (and at the time, actually), they were spot on about Napster. Unless you're Beyonce or Taylor Swift no one sells albums like they used to. And then people bitch about concert and merch prices when these bands need to make up for lost album sales somehow. I said at the time that there were a lot of entitled people who didn't think artists should be paid for their work.
Holy crap I thought for sure you'd hate this album!? 😲