FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET

How come Fear of a Blank Planet has a higher rating than the amazing In Absentia? On this album, Porcupine Tree's sound has become a lot smoother, but I can't say that's a development in the right direction. It looks like Steven Wilson is trying to keep his young fanbase satisfied. The only really interesting song on this disk is Anesthetize. The other song's are just, well, typically PT. The songs just aren't interesting and inspiring enough and after a few times I put the disk aside because it gets bored. Don't get me wrong, Porcupine Tree stands for high quality music and FOABP is not really bad, but I just think it isn't very interesting compared to most other CD's they produced.