Swinging , both fleet-footed and fingered, and bursting with humour and joy, the brothers ball the jack on what is perhaps their best album yet. [Jul 2014, p.101]

What sets Faded Gloryville apart, however, is the new bluesy, soul-filled groove she found recording in Muscle Shoals. [Oct 2015, p.113]

It's not a record for anyone who likes subtle character development, but it hits the visceral spot. [May 2017, p.112]

A new fraught kind of soul music. [Mar 2019, p.115]

At times, things feel in danger of being middle of the road, but that's made up for by heavenly moments and voice-of-a-generation lyrcs already drawing comparisons with Lorde. [Dec 2019, p.110]

The Long Journey Home and God, I'm Missing You might look back at the past, but Crowell's best years are right now. [Jun 2014, p.107]

There is little that feels dull or predictable. [May 2017, p.107]

The music is stripped-back but always eclectic. [Nov 2018, p.104]

When it swells and soars, it doesn't just work. It werks. [Feb 2014, p.115]

A simple, often stark record reminiscent of her eponymous 1985 debut.

Fortunately, Elliott and Timbaland's idea of old school is rather unorthodox. [Jan 2003, p.121]

A record whose combination of chirpy choruses and sharp, dark lyricism is difficult to resist. [Jul 2019, p.106]

The familiarity of Ivy Tripp breeds disquiet, rather than contempt, its surface cracking like thin ice, revealing its depths. [May 2015, p.115]

Anyone ever touched by the likes of English Rose or Fly will find much to cherish here. [Oct 2018, p.113]

Atlanta Millionaires Club radiates a warm Muscle Shoals glow. ... Yet there's the unmistakable shape of '90s R&B and gloopy modern-day hip-hop moving beneath the more classicist surface. [Summer 2019, p.116]

Far from spreading himself thin, the polymath composer seems more uncontainable with each release. [Oct 2018, p.108]

It takes ?uestlove from The Roots to reproduce the kind of smooth, mellow-aged soul that made Green's name. [July 2008, p.102]

You could lose yourself for days here. [Dec 2005, p.142]

Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me is fuelled by issues addressed in Jeremy Bolm's furiously screamed, raw and sometimes, frustratingly po-faced vocals. [Aug. 2011, p. 119]

Any fears his propulsive energy may have waned in exiles are quickly dispelled. [Mar 2018, p.111

A wonderful counterpart to his book, and just as special on its own. [Jul 2020, p.110]

It's true that none of the tracks here quite scale the heights reached early in his career.... But... James is at least trying to move beyond what he's achieved already. [May 2006, p.124]

AJ Tracey not only lives up to his hype, he transcends it. [Mar 2019, p.114]

This is far more than just a vanity project by a label boss. [Jan 2018, p.113]

This fifth record sees them step up from mere underground ambition. [Mar 2018, p.115]

His third album shows his mic skills to be only marginally above average--though given the right vintage soul groove he can raise his game. [Jan 2011, p.138]

Sees a great guitarist becoming a great songwriter. [Apr 2006, p.113]

For all of its typical craftsmanship you can't help but wish it had more moments like the stark despair of My Rock, My Rope. [Oct 2018, p.119]