And that theme seems to penetrate the entire disc. Tracks like The Video Store and Girl Of The Year basically sounds like songs that these guys just put together while in a jam session of sorts. There's no deep thought in the lyrics, the music isn't overly complicated. It's basically almost-mindless fun in musical form.
Tracks like Flop Culture and The Next Big Thing keep in line with that thinking as well, with Flop Culture being a song that is made almost entirely of the name-dropping of celebrities from Britney to Jacko to William Hung...yes, that William Hung. Again, the idea behind these songs is not particularly to change the world, but just to have a little fun.
And, though "fun" is a word teens and youth pastors alike will use when desciribing this disc, it offers little more than that. The disc does tend to drag due to the lack of musical creativity, and it can't be saved by thought-provoking lyrics because, really, those lyrics are basically nonexistent. A few tracks (America's Next Freak, Tonight and, to some extent, Six Candles and Moment Of Truth) offer a slightly deeper approach to the lyrics, but, even when the lyrics do deliver, it still does not hide the boring music.
Overall, if you're looking for something to just turn on and zone out to, Critically Ashamed is a disc that you should pick up. However, if you're looking for anything deep in your music, avoid this disc. It may not be critically ashamed, but it certainly won't be a disc you find to be critically acclaimed.