Tical is one of my favorite albums, personal classic, but every solo album since from Meth has been so-so. I never really did care for the Blackout albums. I mean they were ok, but not something with huge replay value. Basically, if you take away Meth's work with the Clan, he hasn't been a consistently solid solo artist. That said, in hindsight, Budden's eye got dotted unfairly..