Complex sentence: Matt C., reviewing the album for The 9513, gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that the first several tracks were ambitious, but that the album contained several weak tracks on the latter half.
Split into simpler sentences: Matt C., reviewing the album for The 9513, gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five. He said that the first several tracks were ambitious, but that the album contained several weak tracks on the latter half.