I myself know Rise Against for "The Sufferer and the Witness", insofar am therefore also not a fan of the first hour. Even with this album criticized some hardcore fans that the boys no longer come across quite as rowdy. For me, the disc counts but the best rock albums ever, and my absolute favorite discs.
The following albums "Appeal to Reason" and "Endgame" have convinced me as well. In contrast, falls "the black market" in my eyes a little from. In the albums mentioned above several pieces remained me immediately after the first hearing in memory, immediately went into my ear and got stuck there. I felt not quite as in "black market".
Which is not to imply that the poor Rise Against - is music. As I said, it's a good, solid album, but just from my point of view not quite as catchy as its predecessor. You have to listen to a few times, which means most to me is that the pieces are less pronounced, and thus less imaginative.