With the group fermenting a heady stew of gnarled psych rock, the result is as droll as it is challenging. [Oct 2019, p.114]

There is no doubt that his songwriting chops just keep on getting better.

Once over the shock of Mould's familiar tones being vocodered beyond recognition, Modulate offers some of his most effective pop songs. [June 2002, p.120]

Making A New World resonates with hidden meaning and lost connections. [Feb 2020, p.111]

An album very much worthy of The Specials' name. [Mar 2019, p.118]

This is gorgeous. [Jan 2013, p.109]

It is a joy to hear. [Apr 2017, p.113]

Williams has offered much to admire, and even more to contemplate. [Mar 2016, p.119]

It obeys no single genre but it sounds like 20 years of London at night. [Mar 2013, p.98]

This is pop music with a pint in its hand and joy in its heart. [Jun 2019, p.112]

It's no surprise they've held up so well after all these years. But it's the extra features, spread over four different editions that truly impress. [Apr 2009, p.114]

Sweet Kind Of Blue may shock people who only know Barker through her theme tune for Kenneth Branagh's Wallander, but it finally set out her true claim for stardom. [Jul 2017, p.104]

It feels like a nimble, pleasure-seeking record which takes its grown-up themes in its stride and wants to entertain first and impress second. [Feb 2011, p.126]

A concentrated shot of charisma, undiluted and intoxicating. [May 2012, p.92]

She does more than enough to establish herself as a contender. [Mar 2011, p.112]

It might be wearing, were it not for the fact that his voice... is a thing of considerable power. [Aug 2005, p.122]

Each track sparkles with a playful inventiveness, while Meath's beguiling, melancholy melodies are impossible to resist. [Jun 2014, p.121]

The Argument is a wondrous thing, full of its own joy. [Aug 2013, p.99]

Like all the best break-up albums, Who Needs Who bleeds heartache from every lyric, but keeps faith in music as the surest form of consolation. [Oct 2012, p.97]

Startlingly original. [Apr 2007, p.117]

While the guest MCs provide the better-known names (Ghetts, Kojey Radical), it is the singers who make this such a special album. [Mar 2019, p.120]

Any charges of cultural tourism are rebuffed by the magnificence of the music. [Nov 2007, p.142]

For the most part, Made In The Dark pulses with an unusual intelligence and creative bravery. [Mar 2008, p.101]

Sleazy listening at its best. [Jun 2020, p.106]

Thirty-something mother-of-two Giddens's versatility is breath-taking. [Mar 2015, p.108]

A perfect distillation of creatively experimental folk music in the UK today. [May 2008, p.126]

There's much here to justify Alan McGee's awe. [Oct 2008, p.148]

This could have all ended in Tears For Fears, but their winning seriousness is matched by a penchant for a grandiose but hummable melody. [Feb 2009, p.119]