I liked this album. All the tracks are strong additions, both musically and lyrically, and they work well together, too.

The title track has been receiving heavy radio play. It takes a sarcastic shot at the recent "angry white male" trend in music, with lines like "Y’all don’t know what it’s like / being male, middle class, and white" and "All alone in my white boy pain / shake your booty while the band complains." He isn’t immune from the song, either—the chorus contains the lines "I take the checks and face the facts / that some producer with computers / fixes all my [expletive deleted] tracks," but producer Ben Grosse did extensive computer editing on this disc.

"The Ascent of Stan" is another interesting song. I like the beat this song has, and its angry tone. The song is about a middle-aged ex-hippie in conflict about his current position in the status quo.

This album has a different sound than much of his work with Ben Folds Five, but some songs do call up the past. For example, "Fired" sounds a lot like "Steven’s Last Night in Town" from Whatever and Ever Amen. Songs like "Gone" have the same piano sound as earlier songs.

Overall, this is an excellent album, and I recommend it, especially to fans of Ben Folds Five.