I was unconvinced by the whole album at first - feeling it to be a poor cousin to RABOTM and WYWH, but then after each succesive playback, I found it had a quality all of its own - I particularly like the way it was bookended by two quiet accoustic nurabers, in direct opposition to WYWH which was bookended by two elaborate synth/guitar/drum instrumentals... and all those echo effects and studio tricks mentioned in earlier posts - just make the whole thing work a whole lot better too.
By the third of fourth listen I was totally hooked on each track - great stuff!