Ladies & Gentlemen and that other Spiritualized album is pretty-good/fair in my estimation and the rest are sub-par and yet I still buy Spiritualized albums; I even buy Spaceman3 albums I rarely if ever listen to.

On the other hand I gave the Zutons exactly 14 seconds before the cd became a coaster.

How Much Time & Effort Is Fair To Judge A Band's Merits (or lack thereof)?