Her most natural fit. [Feb 2006, p.102]

Clearlake have headed into deeper, darker waters. [Feb 2006, p.101]

Full of blissful harmonies that glide by one after another. [Mar 2006, p.107]

The real stars... are Lewis's songs. [Feb 2006, p.103]

A fun if disposable diversion. [Feb 2006, p.105]

Pollard's ear for a pop hook remains unswerving. [Mar 2006, p.109]

Votolato invokes real empathy with the drifters, losers and hard-done-by who populate his songs, not unlike a more folky Elliott Smith. [Mar 2006, p.110]

Bristling with invention. [Dec 2005, p.156]

Morbid, maybe, but she handles it all with dignity. [Mar 2006, p.106]

Showcase[s] a band revelling in their powers, in thrilling control of their screeching rock 'n' roll abandon. [Mar 2006, p.107]

A sleek collision of burbling basslines, adversarial vocals and downtuned brutality. [Mar 2006, p.109]

Contains far too many bland ballads. [Feb 2006, p.105]

Frontman Krayg Burton's voice is a desperately weak instrument, his whispered snatches of melody never quite coalescing into memorable tunes. [Feb 2006, p.102]

There's a seductive, deliberately synthesized feel that's part Scissor Sisters, part Hall & Oates. [Feb 2006, p.103]

A very respectable pop-punk debut. [Oct 2005, p.121]

Dido should keep checking over her shoulder. [Feb 2004, p.105]

If there is a sense that this is The Strokes' last chance to carve an enduring career for themselves, then it's a challenge they've decided to tackle without any reinvention of their trademark sound. [Feb 2006, p.96]

This is Adams at his most concise and focused. [Jan 2006, p.122]

The voice that set such a spark to West's Gold Digger should be capable of more than this exaggerated comedy sex routine. [May 2006, p.126]

Guerolito's songs dissolve in an anonymous stream of chugging electro and dub effects. [Feb 2006, p.101]

Fusing strange, arresting rhythms with gothic atmospheres, these surprisingly modern-sounding soundscapes should earn Korn a deserved second wind. [Jan 2006, p.127]

The same album, only more so. [Dec 2005, p.146]

A force of nature is with us. [Mar 2006, p.110]

System Of A Down remains the one metal band non-metalheads can enjoy. [Dec 2005, p.156]

Lekman is an intriguing bedsit poet whose whispered ramblings can sometimes melt the heart. [Mar 2006, p.108]

Previously hushed, hymnal recordings are twisted into warming rock'n'roll. [Dec 2005, p.149]

Up there with her best. [Dec 2005, p.144]

The abundance of weird instrumentals and scattershot doodles suggest that quality control remains an alien concept. [Mar 2006, p.108]