Oh I definitely agree with you there, SDOIT is a better album in every way. Even the title track has finally grown on me after being indifferent to it for so long. The first disc is practically a masterpiece, aside from TGP which is an awesome song but drags on too much in my opinion. It's not the length itself that bothers me, but I think it gets a bit tiresome and repetitive towards the end.
As for BC&SL, I think ANTR suffers from similar problems as TGP does, it drags on a bit and could have benefitted from some of the end being trimmed off in my opinion. TCoT is an unbelievably awesome song, and while the lyrics are a bit corny, James' delivery compensates for that and then some, as opposed to some of the songs on ADToE (in my opinion, of course). Wither is surprisingly one of the first DT songs that really clicked with me. I know that will be a bit surprising and odd to some people here, but I still think it's one of DT's best ballads and don't understand why it doesn't receive much praise at all here. I feel pretty much the same about TSF and TBoT, they're both good but I find it difficult to listen to them in their entirety. I think ARoP is pretty good as well. I guess in a nutshell the reason why I like BC&SL so much more than ADToE is because it's more fun and invigorating to listen to and doesn't take itself as seriously as ADToE for the most part.