Badu shines a light on less frequently explored areas of Kuti's back catalogue. ... One of music's undisputed heavyweights. [Jan 2018, p.116]

It's a long, hard haul, but this is an outstanding talent at the top of her game. [Mar 2007, p.116]

Both instantly appealing and dazzling inventive. [Apr 2020, p.113]

Truly, Believers is nothing short of divine. [Dec. 2001 p. 123]

The New Yorkers' fourth album is grounded in frontman Claudio Sanchez's personal life, making it accessible and hugely appealing. [Nov 2007, p.137]

The Prodigy's fifth studio album sounds just like The Prodigy should. Only leaner, harder, and even faster than before. [Apr 2009, p.96]

Musically, it's still dense and intense, with funk, jazz and electronics rubbing up against bumpy hip-hop. But the heavyweight line-up brings with it a welcome focus on songs. [Jul 2019, p.110]

Everyone will say this sounds like Beck, but at the last count Beck would be lucky to sound like Eels.

This Best-Of encapsulates a remarkable career built on fearsome imagination and creativity. [Apr 2014, p.123]

The heart-breakingly poignant cello hum of Opening (White Material) typifies the rightness of the association; when you add Stuart Staples's beguiling baritone, it elevates to another level altogether. [Jun 2011, p.123]

A record you never dreamt you needed, but which leaves you craving more. [Sep 2016, p.109]

They are by turns wistful, quirky and very, very beautiful. [Aug 2013, p.100]

It sets out the stall for Tinariwen's most rewarding, mesmerising effort to date. [Sep 2011, p.118]

A revelation, brimming with passion and some of the best melodies Young has penned in the last 30 years. [Jul 2006, p.113]

Everything is invigorated by both the quality of songwriting and singer Adam Stephen's wrenching trouble-he's-seen vocals. [Nov 2012, p.108]

Combining jazzy looseness, rustic picking and an undertow of drugular mind expansion, this is one head cocktail that leaves no pain after it hits. [Apr 2015, p.113]

There is a uniform strength to its material... Wrecking Ball doesn't have a dud. [April 2012, p.92]

It's on the mighty 'Collemboles,' however, that all the angles, time-signature switches and gigantic choruses come togerther, and it's the finest moment on an album packed with delights. [May 2009, p.115]

Snider and friends bring the party to songs not necessarily associated with wild abandon, but it's the perfect soundtrack for your next keg party. [Apr 2014, p.110]

It's a beautiful thing--its 10 songs have a drowsy, mizzled feel, reminiscent of the Cocteau Twins. [Aug 2017, p.103]

There is nothing much new here for longtime fans, but Royal Albert Hall is a fine live record of one of popular music's minor-key geniuses. [May 2015, p.104]

These crafted confessionals are a reminder that Murphy couldn't write a bad song if he tried. [Aug 2020, p.109]

Heartbreaking Bravery's pop sensibilities take Moonface out of his bizarre world and into a place much more accessible. [May 2012, p.101]

The shock of the new is gone, but they've rediscovered the art of surprise. [Aug 2019, p.111]

Moral and financial considerations aside, this stands a monument to success and excess. [Summer 2018, p.118]

Without diluting the pair's roots, the 1 tracks weave a binding spell that feels just as familiar to Western ears as African. [Mar 2010, p.108]

Outbursts sees them returned to a duo and the acoustic cut'n'thrust of old. [Apr 2010, p.120]

Yet again, Mann's songs concentrate on life gone wrong - but this is timeless stuff.