The settings are spacious, the rhythms stately and Stuart Staples croons woozily about how it's all gone horribly wrong.

Twisty and characterful, this is frequently dazzling stuff. [May 2014, p.118]

Transcends its hackneyed backstory on account of its sheer quality. [Aug 2019, p.108]

Whatever she's doing, it's working. [Aug 2015, p.109]

Its brilliance lies in sifting the wheat from the enormous quantity of thenameless movement's chaff. [Aug 2003, p.119]

Killer tunes. The hyperventilating Buccaneers Of Hispaniola is as cheesily brilliant as it sounds. [Nov 2017, p.107]

It's [his] spin on social commentary that singles Drew out. [Jul 2006, p.116]

In short, electrifying. [Mar 2017, p.115]

A profoundly, if unexpectedly, moving record. [Dec 2014, p.109]

Here comes Motorhead, oblivious, oddly unpredictable, deliciously bluesy, punky and rocking--simply magnificent. [Jan 2014, p.126]

It's a beautifully dark album. [May 2016, p.107]

A classy return. [Summer 2019, p.108]

His best since 1995s Is The Actor Happy? [May 2003, p.100]

Highly charged without being mawkish. [July 2002, p.115]

An album that is very much more than the sum of its parts. [Aug 2019, p.108]

Throughout this masterclass in artful self-scrutiny, that tightrope is Mitski's domain. [Sep 2018, p.115]

Fans of Fleet Foxes will find much to enjoy on his seventh album: there's a backwoods feel to much of his material and no shortage of sublime melodies. [Jun 2012, p.101]

This is a complex record, full of bleak lyrical themes, but it's also riveting, hypnotic and really very good indeed.

It is by turns funny, dark, ridiculous, exhilarating and -- most strikingly of all -- relentlessly personal. [Apr 2004, p.104]

As entertaining as it is impressive. [Mar 2017, p.115]

While he's lost more of his craft, he's rarely sounded so at ease with himself. [Dec 2014, p.109]

The real delights are the dreamily sinister instrumental sections. [Dec 2012, p.100]

It may be oversimplifying to invoke the spirit of Radiohead, but this could be Phoenix's "Ok Computer" and "Kid A" rolled into one. [Jun 2009, p.130]

Jaar has struck gold here. [Apr 2011, p.104]

SOHN is partial to sampling his own voice to augment the wounded confessionals. They stutter rhythmically and mix with a patchwork of minimal yet intricate electronics and low end beats to spine-tingling effect. [May 2014, p.118]

As haunting as it is enchanting. [Aug 2019, p.111]

Simple, yet irresistible. [May 2010, p.118]

The defining album of his career, Wasting Light is the sound of Dave Grohl putting his whole life in context. [May 2011, p.110]