Longer, shorter III

Re: The Long And Short Of It, here's Exhibit B:

This is a bloated, overlong rock record that shouldn’t have even considered breaking the 40-minute mark. It breaks that cardinal rule like Bane broke the back of The Bat. The song lengths can’t even keep their enthusiasm in check; it’s unlikely that four of the fifteen songs really honestly needed six minutes to explain themselves. Anything cuts like "The Lost Brigade" and "C.I.A." had to offer discerning ears gets lost in the shuffle of the exhausting track lengths.

It almost seems like the writer didn't listen to the longer songs, and guessed that they couldn't possibly be all that interesting! What else could he mean by "it's unlikely"?

Also, is he anthropomorphizing the timings themselves there? Gosh, 5:57 can be so enthusiastic sometimes. I hate it when he does that.