Many critics always play on how an album sells then judge it;
like for example how Michael Jackson's critically acclaimed Thriller sold over 50 million or whatever but many consider Bad as the better album due to its design and lyrical content...
The same pretty much applies to The Smashing Pumpkins and Billy C, I remember I got into the Pumpkins pretty late, around the time Machina/Machines of God came out, I thought that album and Adore were flawless even if they didn't sell as much as Mellon Collie and Siamese Dreams but for their innovative style with Alternative Rock it was great, I was a huge fan of the Pumpkins just for Machina and Adore, let alone the other huge earlier albums...
With The Future Embrace the critics didnt help the album out, judging it against alot of Billy's old work with the pumpkins, even after he had blatently said he wasnt going to try and follow the work of the old because it would remind fans of what used to be.
Lyrically The Future Embrace is great, emotionally hitting every note, just class
I dont think I can name my favourites, cause I'd be naming the whole track list
I will say my least favourties are Pretty, Pretty Star and Starz