With no weak link, you can drop the needle anywhere. [Jul 2006, p.106]

Many are banal love songs, devoide of narrative impact, or even identity. [Aug 2006, p.90]

Pearl Jam sound reborn, vital. [Jul 2006, p.112]

Wolfmother have a canny knack for a tune. [Jun 2006, p.98]

Capture/Release's clanking guitars and shimmering melodies meld the abstract and the earthy with a Mark E Smithian panache. [Sep 2005, p.102]

There are some beautiful moments. [Apr 2006, p.94]

Although some of his lyrical tricks might sound a little familiar this time round, he remains one of Britain's great storytellers. [Jun 2006, p.104]

Many who don't like Springsteen may love this. Many who love Springsteen may hate this. [Jun 2006, p.100]

Smart, sensual, self-loving and self-critical, pissed-off and hilarious. [Jun 2006, p.112]

Belle Starr and... Red Staggerwing finds [Knopfler] reaching for a goodtime clambake feel that ends up sounding kinda grating and twee. [Jun 2006, p.98]

Business as usual. [May 2006, p.104]

It's in essence a wordless, monochrome Television. [May 2006, p.104]

When it comes to making smart, mischievous electronic merry, no one can touch him. [May 2006, p.105]

There's plenty of soul and swagger again here. [Apr 2006, p.94]

The disc as a whole is never quite as gripping as its conceptual predecessors. [Jun 2006, p.112]

Certainly the most accessible [album] of their career. [Jun 2006, p.99]

[An] intriguing debut. [Sep 2005, p.103]

Some of its finest moments are its most intimate and least arranged. [May 2006, p.99]

This is repeat-play head music that still manages to hotwire the heart. [May 2006, p.102]

Despite having some of Ritter's least introspective lyrics, there are some of his most emotionally affecting songs. [Apr 2006, p.98]

[It] was mind-bending in its day and remains so now. [May 2006, p.122]

Odd, enjoyable. [Jun 2006, p.103]

There's much to be enjoyed here, but The Concretes, like a packet of Fruit Pastels, are best appreciated in fairly small doses. [Apr 2006, p.108]

A record of jarring juxtapositions, a bunch of cool tunes that could[n't] care less about how they fit together. [Apr 2006, p.86]

As with everything Morrissey does, ROTT's resonance will elude those not hitherto fascinated by its master's voice. A shame, for in terms of pure musicality, ROTT is possibly his most ecumenical solo album, his most welcoming and loveable. [Apr 2006, p.89]

A third of these songs can rightly be claimed as classic Placebo pop. [Apr 2006, p.106]

While it's the Oldham-penned title track... which will rightly grab all the headlines, Staton's mastery of more traditional material is no less imposing. [Apr 2006, p.88]

It's a set packed with ideas and enthusiasm. [May 2006, p.105]