Look, everyone has a right to their opinion. You can't please everyone.
As an artist, with any release, some people will like your album if it sounds similar to the last, and some may loathe it for just that reason.
If your album goes off in some kind of weird or uncommercial direction, some people will love it for that reason or hate it for that reason.
Basically, all artists are screwed. You never, ever know what people will and won't respond to. I'm always amazed.
H&T may end up my least fave VC album. That doesn't mean I don't like it, but so far I prefer listening to the other two. Ultimately, I predict it will be a tie with BNN....just IMO. So what? It's a good album, I dig it, and I'm going to enjoy getting to know it better.
I'm a fan of VC, and she keeps developing as an artist. But, remember that no artist is above criticism.
Dan/NS