Grote can at times sounded penned in by the relative straightness of the source material, yet this is an enjoyable noisy debut. [Mar 2015, p.106]

It's furious stuff. [Mar 2013, p.101]

Entertaining though these tracks are, it's hard not to wish that he could ignore the buzzing irritations of not being universally adored, all the time, forever, and concentrate on the big picture. [Mar 2009, p.90]

Halfway through... it becomes a directionless mess. [Jul 2004, p.113]

Their most adventurous and assured album to date?

It takes a while to adjust to the darkness generated by these songs of loss, age and adultery, but once you have, you won't want to leave Shah's night visions behind. [Aug 2013, p.104]

The result is almost entirely vaudevillian. [Mar 2002, p.116]

There's nothing here that challenges the listener. [Mar 2004, p.112]

For all its finite charms, though, Mirage Rock lacks the slinkiness of Infinite Arms. [Oct 2012, p.93]

In short: challenging stuff. [Dec 2016, p.113]

[Sey] struggles to find a style that's truly her own on an album that see-saws between brooding electronic blues and expansive pop ballads. [Dec 2015, p.113]

A confident step on from 2015's Contradictions. [Jan 2019, p.113]

A perfectly acceptable retrenchment. [Nov 2013, p.105]

The sheer wealth of material--over four hours' worth--seem designed to only excite the tastebuds of tourbus veterans. [Nov 2013, p.120]

Some suitably dramatic music. [Feb 2016, p.115]

If Kylie's musical ambitions extend further than play-safe good times of X, she's keeping them, like everything else, to herself. [Dec 2007, p.108]

Casablancas's lyrics are, as ever, largely and deliberately incomprehensible, but enough phrases slip intermittently into the foreground to convince you that they must mean something. [May 2020, p.98]

Gary Clark, Jr merges smooth vocals with economical guitar wizardry and makes it all sound less wearyingly pub-rock by embracing the 21st century. [Mar 2013, p.95]

Even if diverse moods elude them, they channel disenchantment superbly. [Jun 2019, p.108]

This is an assured solo debut from the MC. [Oct 2009, p.111]

At times, stellar. [Jun 2014, p.112]

With sympathetic production by reggae stalwart Mike "Prince Fatty" Pelanconi, the results combine Janet Kaye's lovers rock, the Wailers' pop years and the sound of Compass Point studios. [Jun 2014, p.107]

By the end, they're almost sounding like their own band, rather than a Thin Lizzy tribute act. [Jul 2013, p.100]

A lack of sonic variety and a mild sense of deja vu won't help to advance his cause. [Aug 2014, p.110]

If you're it the mood for a trawl through R&B's greatest hits delivered on R. Kelly's own terms, if not always in his own style, that's just how you'll like it. [Aug 2012, p.101]

Low on booty-shaking but high on atmosphere. [June 2002, p.119]

There's something ageless about these songs that make them art-school tasteful rather than genuinely unsettling. [Oct 2011, p.112]

If Ski Mask fails to be a hit now, though, give it 20 years and it'll be cult gold. [Nov 2013, p.102]