CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS?

I listened to this for my first time a few hours ago. This is also my break in with this band. I own the albums from "Crime of The Century" to "Breakfast In America". Since this one is the lowest rated in those. I decided to start with it, since it should only get better from here. But at a 3.63 I expected something good. It turned out to be a big disappointment. This album barely managed a two star rating. Its boring at times, mostly without life and/or soul and lazy sounding. I find five star ratings for music this bad, almost infuriating. What are these people hearing? This is bad. If I wanted to be generous, I'd say its just reaching mediocrity. But I can't be generous, not to this one. I give it 1.5 stars, but I can't choose that. So a 2 star mediocre rating will have to do.