Ash have turned in a bullish and cocksure fifth studio album to delight the faithful. [Jun 2004, p.95]

More of the same, then, but such cold-blooded consistency should be commended. [Dec 2009, p. 126]

Techno meets dubstep in this dark twist on electronica. [Dec. 2011, p. 126]

Q's energetic, exuberant delivery is frames by some impressive and varied production throughout. [Jun 2012, p.108]

A much more focused and funky set than Embrya. [Oct 2001, p.127]

Transnormal Skiperoo is as quietly joyful as its title. [Nov 2007, p.148]

The results are spooky, poignant and impressively unique. [Apr 2010, p.111]

In upbeat pop mode, the quintet are impressive, but when slipping downtempo into ballads, Camera Obscura are in a league of their own. [Jul 2013, p.100]

It's a record which ultimately leaves you cleansed. [May 2015, p.108]

Withering, in all the right ways. [Aug 2020, p.105]

Everything Not saved is an exercise in artistic liberation. More importantly, perhaps, since it's chock full of tunes, it all comes without them losing the creative ground they've gained, [Apr 2019, p.108]

Employment is an album that demands furious scrawls of red pen in the margins. [Apr 2005, p.120]

Opener 9:13 is too close perhaps to Brian Eno to make much of an impact. But when a chorus of ghostly voices rise above the fractured piano of Phantom Brickworks III, the theme really works, offering a genuinely unsettling air of spookiness. [Jan 2018, p.106]

He's found some endearing and unexpectedly affecting songs. [Oct 2005, p.120]

Engaging stuff. [Apr 2006, p.118]

The acoustic-leaning song-cycle Hendra presents mature reflections on memory and loss. [May 2014, p.120]

Within its polished melancholy, Clean is a raw portrait of sadness. [Apr 2018, p.115]

Call The Comet firmly underlines Johnny Marr's commitment to his solo career. [Aug 2018, p.110]

An even more spare-sounding album. [Mar 2005, p.100]

[A] terrific fourth album. [Nov 2014, p.102]

While they may have broken the slacker's code, the results are worth it. [May 2011, p.115]

Producer Rick Rubin has made Metallica sound like Metallica again. [Nov 2008, p.116]

At the infernal din's core are some excellent, urgent songs of anti-fashion disillusionment. [May 2013, p.98]

Kozelek is typically raw, grouchy and funny, and his words find meaning in the minutiae of his own behavior and the lives of others. [Nov 2013, p.109]

These songs are Blake at his best and most sonically inventive. At 75 minutes-plus and 17 tracks, though, the whole presents a challenge at odds with the sensitivity of those romantic reveries. [#361, p.117]

Dreamy and heartaching, its appearance is actually deceptive. ... A gorgeous record. [Mar 2019, p.115]

Another gem. [Jun 2012, p.104]

Overall, a promising, if risk-free start. [Apr 2019, p.116]