Outside of fashion, and as exciting as The Bunnymen's second, Heaven Up Here. [Oct 2006, p.133]

An enticing hint at other directions that Landreth could go in. [Mar 2020, p.30]

It's the raw-cut trinity of JB, Otis and Solomon Burke that informs this album. ... Expect delights throughout. [May 2016, p.69]

Stewart's preoccupation--narcissism, sexuality, body horror--translate into a sort of febrile synth-pop, dotted with orchestral excursions and abrupt electronics. [Mar 2012, p. 107]

For newcomers, Is It The Sea? offers a neat summation of Oldham’s quiet industry, while it may just mark the turning point from his darker years.

[He] appears to relish the chance to have some fun and revist classic Dr Feelgood licks. [Jul 2018, p.30]

A worthy West Coast counterpart to El-P's superb Fantastic Damage. [Apr 2003, p.108]

Political metaphors abound on this eclectically ramshackle collection. [Mar 2012, p.98]

Slow Summits is bold and immediate. [Jun 2013, p.78]

"Where Are You?" confirms they mean business, if in peak Simple Minds manner. [Oct 2025, p.24]

Warts, ugly cousins, blazes of greatness and all, however, A Treasure makes a perfect snapshot of this ornery, shapeshifting moment. [Jul 2011, p.98]

[Swim Inside The Moon] consists primarily of intricately constructed acoustic guitar lines and De Augustine's soft, high whisper of a voice. [Sep 2017, p.26]

These are great, clever, slovenly rock songs. [May 2005, p.95]

Clever-clever, emotional-emotional avant-pop. [Jun 2006, p.100]

This may just be [the] finest pop break-up album since [Justin] Timberlake's Justified. [Aug 2006, p.95]

The thoughtful A Beautiful Time finds Nelson in remarkable voice, giving thanks for a life well-lived over songs that feel wise and wily without being overly sentimental. [May 2022, p.30]

The result is a deeply humane record, perhaps the most vivid in Johnson's long career. [Apr 2021, p.29]

It is, in short, a hippy record, and a very good one.

As dazzling as it is diverse. [May 2020, p.25]

Infinite loops and surging crescendos constitute a psychedelic session more about melancholic beauty than foreboding. [Mar 2014, p.83]

For all that Ghosts Of West Virginia is a serious work contemplating a serious subject, there are moments where Earle sounds like he's having more fun than any time since The Mountain. [Jun 2020, p.32]

The Crying Light shows Antony boldly, indefatigably following his own eccentric star.

The bruising "Madder" betrays the influence of Scott Walker producer Peter Walsh, but there are flickers of respite, notably "The Bomb," which tethers its emotional unravelling to a lovely piano figure. [Jun 2018, p.24]

The cherished first couple of French electro burn brighter than at any point in their recent careers. [Jun 2009, p.109]

Here, we find the mufti-instrumentalist in his natural habitat, leading a band in seven pieces that blend Eastern-tinged melody, courtly medieval music and modern composition. [Mar 2012, p.90]

Bold, beautiful and carefully contrary, it's an album by a band in complete control. [Feb 2010, p.77]

In a way, this album serves as a fitting sonic museum to Serge, one that plunders from his past while maintaining his relentlessly forward-looking, hybridised pop vision. [Feb 2010, p.87]

Gimme Some's relentless melodicism arrives with a harder edge than the dreamy naivete that powered "Young Folks," but the results frequently feel just as fine. [Jun 2011, p.93]