My initial take on this received, shall we say, less than rapturous reviews, such as this, from "Frank":
Sometimes when you listen to something that you personally record dozens and dozens of times, it does actually start sounding pretty good to you (from presonal experience), but please take my word for it, when you listen to that again in a couple of days you will agree (sincerly no offence here) ... it's pretty bad.. No wait, it's really bad. Again, sorry to be the one to break it to you.
Now, this would seem to be somewhat negative -- but read between the lines, and see what he is actually saying. Yes, "Get psychiatric help" would be a good guess; but dig a little deeper, and it's plainly a cry for an "Encore!" Say no more!
This was the first crack at it for me and my cousin. Somewhat improved over the original, though that wasn't the greatest of accomplishments. I didn't recognize it at the time, but we were on the cusp. No longer were we a couple of losers in the basement with broken guitars and big dreams -- we would soon become a couple of losers in the basement with broken guitars and big dreams and an occasionally-recognizable song.