Swedes channel shoegaze on strangely beautiful debut. [Sept. 2011, p. 113]

Tracks like Sorry and the brainiac funk of Mind Control show that the same sparky formula can stretch over a whole record. [Jul 2012, p.100]

It's very diversity makes it a little impersonal and even arch, but there are strong songs here and a retrospective disc shows there's plenty more where they came from. [Jan 2013, p.102]

It's a hit-and-miss affair. [Oct 2013, p.105]

The work of a solid pro rather than gripped by genius. [May 2016, p.111]

While the music is mellow, his stories can be tricky. [Aug 2017, p.107]

Enjoyable and fresh, retro and modern, English Electric's only fault is that its creators try a bit too hard to sound like their own past. [May 2013, p.107]

It's on the final track, Punch, however, that they reach a brand of strung-out, sun-soaked lamentation that feels entirely of their own making. If only there were a little bit more of that elsewhere. [Aug 2017, p.100]

It's a little one-paced over the long haul, and she does wail at inappropriate moments, but there's enough here to build on. [May 2002, p.108]

Presenting a more elegiac, frigid sound than recent albums, the songs, notably the Mogwai-meets-Morricone Make, show rhythmic agitation and conversing guitars finding resolution in horns and massed voices. [Jan 10, p. 119]

Thirty years since first making her entrance as the distaff Tom Waits, Rickie Lee Jones still sounds utterly unique. [Dec 2009, p. 126]

It swaps the ramped-up volume of the past for a jittery urgency that mirrors 21st-century urban Britain. [Nov 2017, p.108]

Alt-rap veteran's lo-fi gamble pays off handsomely. [Sept. 2011, p. 116]

Get What You Give is angular, immediate and littered with booming breakdowns. [Aug 2012, p.102]

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

While Sing The Delta isn't DeMent's best work, it's full of understated, sharply observed songs. [Jan 2013, p.102]

It's an engagingly ramshackle record, off its hinges, but never off the peg. [Apr 2018, p.106]

With the exception of 'Hummingbird,' they indulge in far too many sixth-form mioments. [July 2008, p.98]

The whole, though, is surprisingly cohesive and always uplifting, linked by knowingly sultry vocals and veteran innovator Bill Frisell's typically oddball guitar work. [Apr 2016, p.114]

It's when she slows down that Wiliamson really shines. [Jul 2018, p.118]

It's all overly familiar in the most reassuring way. [Jun 2009, p.125]

Their packed schedule has finally allowed space for this lavish eponymous debut. [Sep 2009, p.95]

The album is a pleasing companion in its own right. [Nov 2009, p.111]

File under "trip-pop." [May 2014, p.105]

A startling fusion of ethereal singing with churning, computer-generated beats and ambience. [June 2002, p.110]

There are moments when it becomes a bit Baltic Eurovision, but Okovi is as tender as it is tough. [Oct 2017, p.111]

Outrage! Is Now makes a convincing fist of them not sounding like a band pushing 40. [Oct 2017, p.100]

Arguably his best record in 20 years.