My "50th time" claim is likely a bit of over estimation, but it did honestly feel like 50 times through. It's odd to think how new the internet really is. In 2000, the vast majority of us didn't have the ability (or time) to download albums. Leaks were few and far between, and it took the majority of people 30 minutes or more just to download one song from Napster. The vast majority of people still actually went out and purchased CDs. Because of this, the likelihood that you'd try to force yourself to like something was much greater (you had paid for it after all). Add that they were one of my favorite groups and all the pre-release hype and reviews for the album, and I felt like I had to keep giving it a chance. Similarly, I was finishing up school at the time and didn't exactly have much cash to spend on albums, so my entire music collection was considerably smaller than it is now.