I can see why someone would like it. I really kind of think it's meh, but I can't take the view that it's all trash, either. There are good ideas in there. First four tracks are actually pretty good, though they could use some editing. Personally, I think instead of all but disowning it, they should try to rehabilitate some of the songs. I think they could break out the title track or Some Kind of Monster in an abbreviated form live, see if they work. If people hate it, it's just 5 minutes out of a 2 hour show.
On Shoot Me Again, this is another one that's solid but I think meanders a bit much.
It honestly feels like a majority of the songs on this album are songs mediocre songs hampered by bad production that have good songs inside of them, that could be brought out. I think there's a pretty good 11-track, 55-minute album inside this 11-track, 75-minute album.