The highs far outweigh the lows. [9 Mar 2013, p. 50]

If you're kind of person who needs some wallop in your music, Your Wilderness is probably not for you. However, if you're partial to ethereal music so gentle it feels like it might break if you pay too much attention to it, then prepare to fall in love. [20 Aug 2016, p.68]

They've finally made an album as noisy and expressive as their leader. [22 Sep 2012, p.52]

It’s a go-getter of a record that pays homage to the greats whilst still feeling brand new. YUNGBLUD’s outlandishness makes him a hard pill to swallow for some, but his guts, drive, and devotion to his craft cannot be denied.

This one's a reduction of their dense, danceable punk rock into two main groups: lairy and louche. [9 Sep 2017, p.52]

Lyrically, [frontman Pierre Bouvier] and his bandmates have barely matured from the whimpering youngsters they were when they made it big 14 years ago.... However, if you accept Taking One For The Team for what it is, which is just another Simple Plan album, then there's lots to enjoy. [20 Feb 2016, p.50]

Although everything is rendered with a high-shine gloss and sanitised precision that makes it more saccharine than Sex Pistols, there's still an enjoyment to be had on a basic level. [5 Jul 2014, p.53]

While what's here is good, there could have been more to get your teeth into. At eight songs in length, this collection feels a little slight. [17 Nov 2018, p.69]

It's another diverse and engaging album from a band proudly aging like a fine malt whiskey. [28 May 2011, p.51]

It's brighter, somehow more optimistic album, in which sweet melodies surface from growling, howling guitars and a storm of whirling noise. [1 Sep 2012, p.51]

They may tick all the metalcore boxes, but do so with aplomb. [30 Jun 2012, p.54]

On this ninth album, they sound largely the same. [30 Mar 2013, p.54]

While Dave's guitars are still engaging, their spirit is undone by a lack of soul underneath. [28 Aug 2010, p.54]

Anthemic opener Lords Of Abbadon, Indian Summer and the gutter-sleaze of Cocaine are the crowd-pleaser, but the main thing is that Loaded sound like a proper band now. [16 Apr 2011, p.51]

The result is a bouncy, punk-fuelled album that's entertaining enough if throwaway in the extreme. [12 Nov 2011, p.53]

Yes, it ultimately makes for predictable stuff, but Black Star Riders play bullshit-free unpretentious rock. [15 Jun 2013, p.54]

Some people may find this outdated, but it's an absolute treasure chest for slavish fans. [19 Jul 2014, p.53]

It plays out like a sulking child trapped in the seat of a supermarket trolley. [18 Jul 2015, p.52]

Too often, each song's relentless march toward the kind of chorus you can imagine providing the soundtrack for a bevy of beautiful, suburban cheerleaders is too much to take. [4 Feb 2017, p.52]

Despite Tom’s superlative guitar playing tying it all together, the way it switches genres and atmosphere so chaotically ultimately makes it too uneven to really work as an album. Still, there are plenty of gems here, and – given how disparate it all is – probably something for everyone, no matter where your musical tastes lie.

It has one or two fine songs, A Song For A Son is probably Billy's best since Adore in 1998 but , decent though it is, it's not a Smashing Pumpkins record. [5 Jun 2010, p.50]

Scattershot. [20 Jan 2018, p.53]

The Canterbury quartet have cemented an incredibly engaging style all of their own. [10 Mar 2018, p.55]

Not only is United We Stand a triumph, it's a thrilling love letter to nearly 30 years of alt-rock. [5 May 2012, p.53]

It's a good album, but one undone by its more extreme moments. [25 Feb 2012, p.52]

Like its two predecessors, this is solid Skunk that doesn't quite have the songs to match their ground-breaking first two albums. [9 Jan 2016, p.51]

Twilight sound astonishingly cold here. [15 Mar 2014, p.55]

You can hear where he's heading with ideas, but, for the most part, these are more sketches than fully-formed songs. [16 Jan 2016, p.52]