It is kind of a downer, heavy lyrics, but the album is very good. Though it has been so many years, it seems to pick up right where they left off. I had preordered the Deluxe version so I could listen to it in Atmos. The Atmos gives it ambient space, but there isn't any specific activity in the rears / heights. I will have to go back and listen to the stereo tracks to see; because the front stage sounds very well recorded.