Packed with fine folk-tinged numbers. [Jun 2006, p.102]

Each song feels handmade, having the precise airiness or density it requires. [Jan 2007, p.112]

Gorgeous minimalist songs are punctuated by Prince-like synths and Ware's impressive vocal range. [Nov 2014, p.102]

Stellular serves up a lovely, liberated tonic in dark times. [Feb 2017, p.93]

13 is a shape-shifting delight sans longueurs. [Jun 2026, p.88]

While the incredibly kinetic South Central LA rapper's second album wins no prizes for originality, it's a relentlessly fun listen. [Mar 2018, p.93]

They return forever changed to confidently shape a form of country music that is entirely of their own character. [Jul 2022, p.87]

On The Move sounds like music made with drinks in hand and wide smiles on faces. [Feb 2016, p.95]

While Reggae Film Star is often droll, Jurado's empathy for his characters - from the enduring recriminations of Lois Lambert to the aching isolation of What Happened To The Class Of '65? - often makes for affecting songwriting. [Aug 2022, p.87]

Literary, rockin' and still pathologically possessed of above-par tunes. [Apr 2018, p.96]

After all this time, Eric Clapton finally sounds at peace with himself; secure even. [Oct. 2010, p. 88]

The best Waterboys record since 1988's Fisherman's Blues. [Feb 2015, p.88]

Part band memoir, part call for artistic renewal, delivered via chiming rock anthemics with pop appeal. [Oct 2011, p.105]

This is Sign 'O' The Times territory. ... When Prince wanders from the funk path the results are more mixed. ... Yet there's strength in Welcome 2 America's commitment to the idea of the Classic Prince Album. [Sep 2021, p.93]

Gruff Rhys returns from his sabbatical to release another crush of blissed-out psychedelia, crunching beats, sun-kissed harmonies and topsy-turvy rhythms. And what a blast it is, too. [May 2009, p.96]

Joyful and full of subtle vigour, it's the perfect headphone-heard walking companion when you don't want lyrics crowding your thoughts. [Jul 2020, p.85]

The resulting sings--beautifully built around guitar, piano, drums and strings--are as their psycho-geography would suggest, intimate autobiographies, about ruined relationships. [May 2013, p.88]

Largely an enjoyable exercise in the perversion of the three-minute pop song. [Nov 2002, p.110]

An exquisite, arresting introduction. [Sep 2025, p.85]

Musically, the spectral sound lies between Fever Ray at their least forbidding and the shadows cast by David Lynch soundtracks. [Mar 2024, p.90]

A fascinating pleasure and a 21st century classic-in-waiting. [Aug 2016, p.95]

The Youth split their sound into four clear component parts: piano, drums, percussion and guitar-screes that separate out beautifully and merge grimily--just like the kids in the film itself. [May 2011, p.112]

So unlike "Raw & Alive" by The Seeds, say there's no need for overdubbed excitement here, just the Noughties' most smokin' rock'n'roll act, on breathtaking form. [Apr 2010, p.96]

The saturnine wavs of As Above Perhaps So Below suggest the torpor induced by the titular barbiturate, while We Were Vaporised proffers further subterranean tectonics offset by cosmic keyboard drifts that might have been plucked, like much here, from an art-house sci-fi movie score. [Jun 2024, p.91]

Delivers some great tunes in tight, concentrated blasts, but sets them behind a gauze of distortion that gives the impression they are gradually fraying around the edges. [Apr 2004, p.102]

Immunity never drags. [Jul 2013, p.86]

The 22-track vinyl's an ace place for newcomers to get electrified. [Sep 2016, p.107]

As ever, Butler weaves these disparate ups and downs without visible joins. [Sep 2017, p.91]