I have listened to a couple of them but not enough or recently enough to really comment.
Hallowed Ground is sincerely meant I think, but its darkness, cabaret elements and especially its religious themes confused the hell out of their audience who were presumably expecting another record full of catchy tunes about teenage lust. Funnily enough the track on it which has aged worst and which is pretty indefensible now is the one which you could imagine fitting on the debut (Black Girls).
The rest of the record stands up well I think and Iāve always admired them for having the guts to take such a left turn with their second album - itās similar to what The Feelies did when they followed their debut with The Good Earth.