Physicist is such a painfully underrated album, I honestly don't understand why everyone dislikes it so much. It was one of the first Dev albums I listened to (which might explain some of my fondness), and I instantly loved it, it played in my car for a solid month straight.
The first 2 Dev songs I ever heard were Namaste live from Royal Albert Hall and Kingdom from EMGtv, both off of Youtube. I was absolutely amazed by the catchy choruses of both songs. Both were perfect introductions to Devy. I vastly prefer the Physicist version of Kingdom over the Epicloud version. Material was the next song from this album that I fell in love with, I don't know why more people don't discuss this song, it has one of his catchiest choruses ever. "All life, it never goes away," "now I've seen the way it's headed" and "ah, these are the days" inspire chills every time I hear those sections. Namaste, Kingdom and Material are a classic trifecta I'd take against any 3 songs out of Devin's discography. Catchy choruses out the wazoo. I don't see how an album with these 3 songs is so disliked.
Complex is probably my 4th favorite song from the album, it's catchy right from the first second. Love the melody in Dev's voice in the verse. Love it. Verses are great, choruses are great. Amazing song. Other than that, Victim isn't a "classic" but is a very enjoyable song. Very excited for the potential remake on Transcendence. Devoid is only 2 minutes, which is a shame because I love the few melodic ideas it presents. Irish Maiden and Jupiter are very, very catchy as well. Planet Rain is Planet Rain. People talk about how bad Physicist is, the only bad song is Death.
Maybe the presence of SYL-esque metal turns people off of it? I think it's an amazing album. It's almost as good as Systematic Chaos.