It's a record that renders previous comparisons obsolete. [Feb 2015, p.105]

Songs like Harvester cut through the austerity with undercover earworms, providing a melodic relief you'll long for when the anti-pop sensibility finds its logical conclusion in dreary jams. [Oct 2018, p.108]

A bluesy, guitar-heavy record just like they used to make, then. What's not to llike? [Aug 2010, p.124]

Imperfect but never less than interesting. [Oct 2019, p.110]

Broder's lyrics are as evocative as ever. [Sep 2007, p.92]

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

Coppola resurrects her pop carrer as Little Jackie alongside DJ/Producer Adam Pallin, who adds hip-hop beats and faux-motown gloss to her R&B tunes. [Oct 2008, p.147]

Chic but charmless. [Jun 2005, p.111]

Now fully reinvented as a quietly reflective singer-songwriter blessed with good taste and emotional insight, his second solo album, Women And Country, is more than worthy of the family name. [Jun 2010, p.132]

Self-consciously clever yet compelling, thanks in part to singer Jonathan Higg's hyperactive falsetto and garbled surrealism. [Sep 2010, p.116]

Where Cold Roses was dense, narcotic rock... this is a country album in the tradition of Neil Young's Harvest and, notably, Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons. [Nov 2005, p.122]

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. [May 2012, p.94]

Side one isn't bad either, even if it doesn't quite scale the same heights.... A mostly impressive set. [Jun 2015, p.103]

Some of the Americanisms grate, but The Heavy dirty eclecticism wins the day. [Dec 2007, p.121]

A little indie olive branch, Dove is as welcoming as it is welcome. [Jul 2018, p.108]

This mixtape-style collection is more ramshackle than his most celebrated work, but it's still packed wirh inspired funk. [Dec 2008, p.127]

More often, Double Roses settles for a tastefully ornamented Nashville smoulder. [Jun 2017, p.106]

Log 22... finds them in familiar ground, each song dipped in its trademark melancholy no matter how frenzied the guitars get. [Jul 2003, p.100]

He sings with surprising forthrightness yet these 10 electronic daydreams are not songs in any conventional sense. [May 2003, p.100]

A very understated record, the kind that will be treasured by diehards, pull in one or two casual bystanders and leave the world pretty much unchanged. [Apr 2003, p.106]

Dulli sounds like he's performing at a Sunday pub gig. [Oct 2004, p.130]

Musically, these tracks take in '60s flavour Farfisa-sounds, abstract electronica and, on Citizens Nowhere, the neglected style clash of hip hop and glam rock. [Jun 2003, p.98]

They still sound best when playing fast and loud and are only hampered by the album's terrible title and some bizarre lyrics. [Oct 2004, p.123]

Showcase[s] a band revelling in their powers, in thrilling control of their screeching rock 'n' roll abandon. [Mar 2006, p.107]

This is an electrifying collection of electronic music with heart and soul as well as dancefloor throbs. [Jan 2012, p.1222]

Their second album in 10 months is every bit as unvarnished as its predecessor. [Oct 2016, p.109]

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

What it lacks in orginality, it makes up for in sky-filling exhilaration. [Oct 2009, p.107]