It's a glum, muted collection of songs, but Giannascoli knows how to party like it's 1994: alone in the kitchen, feeling miserable. [Nov 2015, p.110]

Ultimately, Futures is Bleed American Part Two. [Nov 2004, p.118]

By avoiding a quick fix, The Vaccines have made their most complete album yet. [Jun 2015, p.113]

This is the sound of a band hitting their stride, albeit belatedly. [#361, p.116]

Most... is either shapeless mush or verging on self-parody. [Apr 2006, p.116]

The lack of uptightness suits them. [Feb 2016, p.118]

It's still a quietly engaguing offering blessed with a lyrical lightness and organic Tucker Martine production. [Jul 2010, p.135]

Weber's trademark fusion of cascading chimes and subdued yet propulsive rhythm has expanded radically in scope. [Jul 2016, p.113]

At its best... Rules of Travel is deft adult pop; at worst... it's like Steel Magnolias scored by glib sessioneers. [May 2003, p.100]

A harrowing, clearly autobiographical dissection of a decaying relationship. [Sep 2001, p.109]

This is Black's strongest set of songs since 1994's second solo selection, Teenager Of The Year, largely because the trademark wit and weirdness is back.

Although it holds together better than out-takes album might, newcomers should start elsewhere. [July 2008, p.101]

It doesn't always work.... But when they hit their hypnotic stride on the pulsating title track and the languidly poppy Talk, there's loveliness and invention to spare. [Nov 2015, p.104]

Strives a little too hard to display their twitching eclecticism. [Feb 2006, p.101]

Django Django have proved they can blur the boundaries: now they need definition. [Feb 2018, p.114]

There's still vigour in The Orb's ambient house vision. [Jun 2020, p.105]

The rest is a textbook example of a major African artist successfully reaching out toward Western ears without sacrificing integrity. [June 2009]

Marauder is not the sound of a group chasing lost sounds or long ago glories, rather it is a band detaching itself from its past, from a time that has long defined them; it is the sound of growing older, closer and more open. [Sep 2018, p.108]

It's an album which reflects its makers' confidence. [Sep 2014, p.116]

Its breezy mix of acid pop, acoustic whimsy and sunshine funk drifts by with all the staying power of a warm afternoon. [Aug 2018, p.108]

Three Wu-Tang MCs join forces; bring the pain. [July 2010, p. 136]

The songs here are supremely catchy and delivered with the kind of sleek sheen you'd expect from a Katy Perry or Kesha record, but it's the inventive instrumentation and surprising twists they take that give Happy To You its edge. [May 2012, p.104]

Public Service Broadcasting stitched archive audio footage into evocative instrumentals. [Mar 2015, p.114]

Suffice to say, the issues addressed here are as big as the music. [Nov. 2011, p. 142]

Essential listening for mall rats everywhere. [Aug 2006, p.113]

The follow-up To 2008's ProVisions is another fine addition to his cannon. [Dec 2010, p.109]

At its best, it makes for exhilarating listening, as on 'Crimewave' and the bleep-funk soundclash that drives 'Air War' and the unexpectedly tender 'Courtship dating.' [June 2008, p.138]

Confidence seeps through Coldplay's eighth album. It's a thrilling new start, a daring way to kick off their second chapter. [Jan 2020, p.104]