youve summed it up very well there mark, the album has no flow!!! there seems to be no constant theme or feel to the tracks, it does feel like a collection of singles (or potential singles). Im pretty confident the album will make the top 40, infact id put money on it. Skint is a big label, and its gonna sell bucketloads i think. Its not a total disapointment to me as i do enjoy some of the tracks but id really like to say that id play them out, but i wouldnt, barring Way of Life.
your correct about techno albums, the last really decent techno artist album that i heard was probably Speedy Js last album. The next album i await (and hopefully wont disapoint like this one) is Ade's album due out early next year i think. He's got some wikid guests lined up on it