A cleaner operation than their previous LP, but no less unorthodox. [Apr 2002, p.95]

An album that proves he's worthy of the legacy he cherishes. [Apr 2002, p.102]

Even the core audience may find this somewhere between a gee whizz and gee swizz. [Jun 2002, p.110]

Humour takes too firm a hold as the band play on, creating the probably unfair feeling that this is just a light tribute to old, inspired sounds. [May 2002, p.108]

Chiefly consists of lumpen and joyless AOR rock, with a few rhythm loops to give an illusion of modernity. [Apr 2002, p.104]

Compared to so many noisemongers, TOD understand that restraint enables unleashed firepower to be exhilarating and awesome. [Apr 2002, p.111]

At its most ascetic, Fog sees Broder kicking down the same fence post of convention as Tortoise, the Beta Band and latter-day Radiohead. [Mar 2002, p.111]

Under Cold Blue Stars is a towering achievement. [Apr 2002, p.108]

T&C are more approachable than most, replacing numbing virtuosity with a kind of meditative warmth. [May 2002, p.110]

A bit hard to deal with in one sitting. [Apr 2002, p.93]

Another mature masterpiece from America's finest. [Album Of The Month, March 2002, p.94]

A wicked, weathered stream of sinewy, shadowy songs. [Mar 2002, p.102]

Lost In Revelry's trump cards are its sudden, exhilarating turns of weather, its restless--sometimes uncomfortable--soul-searching, and its knack of throwing up instantly-hummable pocket classics. [Dec 2002, p.131]

More of the same, only more so. [Apr 2002, p.94]

An album of tough-edged, passion-fuelled songs full of real emotion. [Jun 2002, p.109]

A divine marriage of disco with discord that, while blatantly indebted to the mutant guitar funk of PiL, ACR, The Pop Group, Gang of Four, et al, enjoys the best of both disciplines. [Nov 2002, p.116]

An auspicious introduction. [March 2002, p.96]

Too often, all it offers is the rumble of starting engines. [Feb 2002, p.124]

Rather fine. [Mar 2002, p.95]

Point is a quietly beautiful, low-slung beach house record, a chill-out soundtrack to the distant sunrise over Tokyo bay. [Feb 2002, p. 120]

Undeniably the work of a modern underground pop maestro. [Apr 2002, p.113]

[A] moody, edgy album. [Mar 2002, p.104]

It frequently sounds terrific. [Apr 2002, p.104]

The rhymes are gangsta shit at its laziest and most drearily noxious. [Mar 2002, p.111]

His music often lags behind in inspiration. [Mar 2002, p.106]

Brash and enjoyable. [Apr 2002, p.106]

De La still think and sound like no one else. [Feb 2002, p.114]

The shock is that Goddess In The Doorway is really rather good. [Dec 2001, p.114]