A collection of balmy disco that call to mind some tropical union between Arthur Russell and Prince. [Sep 2011, p.81]

A record that's complex, inventive and terrifically free-spirited. [Sep 2013, p.92]

He sings plenty, with engaging huskiness, while leading his band down ever more inventive tangents. [Nov 2014, p.76]

Great-uh. [Jun 2023, p.31]

These songs, still beautifully disruptive decades later show why the music outlasted the club itself. [Feb 2026, p.50]

This is a tremendous album. [Mar 2020, p.22]

While all this makes for a rich, dense and sometimes overwhelming offering, Amos still ensures there's some light amid all this darkness. [May 2026, p.25]

Reverse captures Pinhas in turbulent and psychedelic mood. [Feb 2017, p.35]

An out-of-time treat. [Feb 2015, p.73]

His technical prowess is thrilling in its time signature hopping. [Mar 2013, p.65]

It's Pollard in excelsis. [May 2017, p.32]

With Fallen Angels, Bob Dylan, like Linda Ronstadt and Rod Stewart before him, has seen fit to continue his exploration of the Great American Songbook begun with such unexpected poise and humility on last year’s Shadows In The Night.

Swift navigates Sansone's majestic folk-rock arrangements like the able captain of a frigate sailing over shimmering seas. [Sep 2020, p.36]

Unexpected and quietly ambitious. [Aug 2019, p.32]

Her catchy new songs find comfort and self-reliance in solitude. [Aug 2019, p.31]

LL's best album since 1987's Bigger and Deffer. [Jan 2003, p.122]

His originals here include the rippling, Arabic-accented, Dizzy Gillespie-inspired" Caravanseral" and the tricksy waltz ballad "Ruth". [Apr 2023, p.25]

That these 15 vignettes sound effortless does nothing to detract from their elegance. [Oct 2018, p.29]

Layered with folklore and mysticism, lustrous synthesiser textures and twangy surf-punk guitars, the band's third album maps an expansive musical cosmos. [Mar 2022, p.26]

The result is a heady debut album. [Dec 2019, p.27]

Far from reining it in on his major label debut, he's stretching out even further. [May 2022, p.36]

Call it a quiet protest against reality: a one-woman bed in. One way and another, it works like a dream. [Feb 2020, p.18]

The 21-year-old with the bell-clear vocals scarcely puts a foot wrong, sliding easily between solemn country balladry and snappy country rock. [Sep 2010, p.90]

Nothing is forced and no sound is extraneous on this desert-dry, whisper-close 12-song set. [Apr 2020, p.30]

[A] remarkable album. [Jun 2007, p.91]

Canyons Of My Mind amply confirms the considerable promise Combs has previously displayed. [May 2017, p.26]

A joyfully inspired album from a band who give pomp a good name. [Apr 2011, p.78]

This LP is accordingly freeform and exultant. [Jul 2025, p.29]