You kind of know what to expect from a Kristin Hersh solo album, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. [Mar 2007, p.102]

Imagine a math-rock XTC fronted by Elliott Smith, illuminating the quiet corners of life. [Mar 2007, p.94]

It is Nas's poetic erudition that makes it a stone cold classic. [Mar 2007, p.100]

Bizarre, but brilliant. [Mar 2007, p.100]

The stark beats are the best Hugo and Williams have built in years. But its themes--dealing, girls--require more lyrical innovation to compel. [Feb 2007, p.105]

Stimulating, entertaining and moving. You'll listen to it more than you have Anthology, I promise. [Dec 2006, p.100]

Astounding... More even than his Exile On Main St., this is Tom Waits' Basement Tapes. [Dec 2006, p.104]

This is largely a quality-controlled treat. [Jan 2007, p.112]

It was a scratchy and sassy sound, funky and fun.

It is Newsom's voice that provides the stunning balm to bind this strange beauty together. [Dec 2006, p.118]

So Divided is less pompous, but the dynamic likes of Naked Sun and Stand In Silence barely atone for hamfisted stabs at chamber pop, country and The Cure. [Dec 2006, p.108]

This record easily beats its predecessor. [Feb 2007, p.105]

Songs that any liberal-minded Cat Stevens fan will adore. [Dec 2006, p.120]

Rice doesn't dismiss outright the folky troubadour charm that distinguished O, but here it's a springboard for jealousy, sex, misery. [Dec 2006, p.104]

The whole album is characterised by a subtle, all-pervading sense of menace that superbly offsets Campbell's snow-pure vocals and sparsely psychedelic orchestration. [Dec 2006, p.104]

Theirs is an ire that deserves to be heard. [Dec 2006, p.110]

It's disappointing that only 12 tracks have been handpicked for this release. [Jan 2007, p.124]

The joke's pretty much over after one listen. [Feb 2007, p.106]

No one could have predicted Endless Wire would be quite this good. [Nov 2006, p.98]

[It] lacks conceptual cohesion. [Nov 2006, p.112]

An experimental, sensual collection of songs harking back to the days of the first Gorky's EPs. [Mar 2006, p.104]

His most impressive skill is echoing the laid-back charm of Bill Withers and the melodic instincts of Stevie Wonder. [Dec 2006, p.104]

Despite its bleak outlook, this is a record big on nagging choruses and arm-punching emo punk that--more often than not--aims for the mainstream artery. [Dec 2006, p.110]

An intriguing, funny and inventive listen. [Nov 2006, p.101]

This is a collection of melodic, quality pop songs that lean to the grown-up side of things. [Nov 2006, p.100]

A set glorying in its sensual exoticism. [Jan 2007, p.102]

By turns, raw, sophisticated and sublime. [Sep 2006, p.104]

[It] delivers a pop-art contrast to the prog-opaque sprawl of its underrated predecessor. [Nov 2006, p.106]