Man that first half was an absolute CHORE to get through. It's really uninteresting shit just skip to "Converting Vegetations". It gets infinitely more engaging from that track onwards. Like the stark quality difference can't be understated at least accounting to my personal taste. If you really like the first half more power to ya but be sure to not miss out on the fantastic second one!
Overall I guess it's an ok way to spend two and a half hours of your life. The first part of it does drag the entire experience down though.