All We Need is a lot more powerful, and a heap more fun, when it aims for transcendence. [Dec 2015, p.112]

Niggling familiarity is a recurring issue here. [Jan 2019, p.111]

A welcome outing from an overlooked talent. [Nov 2012, p.105]

The demos remind you that Stevens doesn't need much more than a guitar and an iPhone to work his magic. [Feb 2018, p.119]

It's a heady, exuberant mix, although the mystifyingly reduced vocal contribution of Jamie's husband Derek in turn reduces their uniqueness. [Nov 2008, p.123]

At times, the album merely provides a straight-arrow version of more twisted talents. [Jan 2014, p.124]

Atmospheric and richly layered, their best moments tap the same ecstatic eclecticism of fellow travellers Sufjan Stevens and Beirut's Zach Condon. [Nov 2008, p.114]

Telepathe appear devoted to doing something utterly different, which cannot help but be exciting. [Feb 2009, p.116]

Another way classy set they make. [May 2009, p.118]

All told, a successful modernisation of an old formula. [May 2009, p.118]

Certainly there are some weak tracks... but Long Long Way To Go and Unbelievable are expertly crafted pop-rock tunes. [Aug 2002, p.122]

A belligerent record: fiercely independent, full of right angles, curious sound effects and a guitarist, Aziz Ibrahim, who believes, incorrectly, that the soul of Jimi Hendrix is preserved in his G-string.

Kozelek's sparse, haunting delivery can render even the basest material achingly affecting...

There's talent here and with a slight upping of the serotonin levels next time round, Real Lies could yet be onto something. [Dec 2015, p.112]

There's enough flickers of former greatness within to be glad he's stil there. [Dec 2007, p.120]

Roberts inhabits this work so entirely you can't really imagine him trudging through the same grey world as the rest of us. [Mar 2015, p.114]

In the end, pretty and vacant just about covers it. [Mar 2013, p.94]

It's Envy's quietest moment, a hazy cover of Bowie's Letter To Hermione, which is the real diamond in the rough here. [Apr 2012, p.105]

A proper, reggae-tinged rock album. [Jun 2003, p.104]

It might be summer, but autumnal is the atmosphere here. [Summer 2018, p.114]

Makes a perfect case for music as therapy. [May 2012, p.91]

Sub-Lingual Tablet is occasionally lumpen, frequently marred by Smith's recently adopted growl yet powered by enough energy and spark to burn through any reservations. [Jun 2015, p.105]

While Head First more than delivers on its title's promise of instant sensation, like an uncorked bottle of champagne, it inevitably loses its fizz. [Apr 2010, p.110]

Rather good fun. [Nov 2002, p.116]

They do succumb to indulgence--most pointedly on bloated eight-minuter Deep Water--but if you're prepared to allow them, they're just about worth it. [Jul 2011, p.116]

Vocally, Fogerty still shreds, and this lively album omits enough of his gems to hint at a sequel. [Aug 2013, p.97]

The experimental approach drifts into plain old messing about more than once, but when he gets it right, it's superb. [Aug 2013, p.99]

The further you get into Mythologies, the further off-piste Cheatahs go. [Nov 2015, p.106]