With You Are Free it feels like she's reached some kind of accomodation between a celebration of her vocal gift and a context within with she can happily offer it to everyone else. [Mar 2003, p.102]

There are more retro-sounding pop-R&B numbers with "sha la la" backing vocals than the subject matter might indicate, a stadium rocker, some soulful ballads recalling early Van Morrison, and stirring gospel. [Sep 2002, p.94]

There are no punk-lite hits here, but cult stardom is knocking at the door. [Mar 2003, p.112]

This is a hugely enjoyable landmark release. [Jan 2018, p.103]

His reliably nerdular delivery and thoughtful lyrics still make it sound box-fresh compared to the generic macho fare that still dominates mainstream hip hop. [Dec 2008, p.100]

Field of Reeds is a startlingly listenable proposition. [Aug 2013, p.92]

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle is a record of grand hopes and epic imagery, and powerful, uplifting music--the most accomplished of his 20-year career. [Apr 2009, p.102]

It's an uncannily beautiful listening experience. [Oct 2021, p.92]

A dreamy, immersive mood piece that is as personal as it is instantly accessible. [Nov 2014, p.93]

This extraordinary record is more refreshing burst than last gasp and its timelessness speaks more to life than death.

The whole is deeply bittersweet - but also a joyous farewell from this most wonderfully acute of English pop ensembles. [Oct 2025, p.80]

There's considerable ambition at play here. [Dec 2021, p.90]

Her rich, soulful vocal sounds wonderful on the darker material. [Oct 2013, p.98]

More sharp work from these urban outfitters. [May 2015, p.91]

This new nine-track album catches the duo performing together in Europe during 2011 and clearly shows that despite their infrequent collaborations, they create a special telepathic musical synergy in each other's company. [Oct 2016, p.97]

Their natural domain is bouncing festival stages, but, with pounding beats and attitude, this is the perfect way to usher people there. [Mar 2017, p.94]

Both parties in this collaboration have been firing off great records at will lately: here's another. [Sep 2018, p.88]

Unique and hugely addictive. [Apr 2020, p.95]

Reflective, lyrically and musically. [Aug 2021, p.84]

Briitsh Sea Power's third album proves once again there's more to them than stuffed owls and a facination with odd geological landmarks. [Feb 2008, p.100]

The formula still works a treat. [Dec 2021, p.86]

As Chloë And The Next 20th Century sees Father John Misty escaping into his parallel Hollywood reality, it's highly entertaining to slip in alongside him. [May 2022, p.90]

The Brilliance of I Was Real is visceral rather than intellectual. It lies in how 75 Dollar Bill locate the possibilities of transformation and release, of physical and spiritual abandon, in border-destroying party music. [Aug 2019, p.94]

How To Live is more of a creative evolution than a total break from Cooper's previous music. [Sep 2019, p.88]

Seen from 2022, Stereolab's sheer breadth of endeavour here can justly be vaunted as heroic. [Oct 2022, p.100]

It boasts stronger songs than Stern's 2007 debut "In Advance Of The Broken Arm," without losing the fretboard fireworks that made its predecessor an underground smash. [Feb 2009, p.106]

Sunken Condos is a slyer, slow-burning pleasure. [Dec 2012, p.89]

His wunderkind status is underlined by an obvious passion for Brian Wilson: stacked harmonies, deft chordal shifts. In Butterflies From Monaco, that Wilson influence comes laced with sturdier fragments of rock and funk a la Prince. [Dec 2019, p.93]