Some of the rawest sounds of his career. [Apr 2006, p.90]

Depressing? Slightly, but there's something cathartic here. [May 2006, p.95]

You can recommend any track on this release to friends without fear. [Apr 2006, p.92]

Gorgeous, thoughtful, and musically brilliant, the album runs like a concept album about life experiences should...beginning, middle, end; all equally interesting and exciting.

As a whole, Colonia takes on a very operatic, larger than life, almost ABBA-esque quality, which grows a bit tired as the album winds down.

The Teenagers are pretty damn good at distilling all things incredible, wicked and true about being young.

These Thieves have finally come into their own, developing a sound that's growing increasingly distinct. [Oct 2002, p.100]

CYHSY seem to have set out to make their "important" sophomore record... which is only truly important if you believe that songs gain weight at the hand of bulbous studio wankage (they don't) and that unnecessarily inflated melodrama equals more fun (it doesn't). [Jan/Feb 2007, p.76]

Matching catchy pop songs and good production to hip-hop's most wanted, it all comes full circle in Straight No Chaser.

Campy, kitschy but always cool. [Mar 2005, p.119]

At times self-indulgent, The Colossus contains enough of the parts that made RJD2 relevant in the past to reignite interest in both this album and his vast (and growing due to unreleased material) back catalogue of work.

From the get-go the album announces itself through insidious emotive aural effects, which through a blistering barrage of time-travel sounds, encompass the listener in a feeling that although intense, evaporates rather instantly.

A melodic minimal techno record that's sunny rather than stark, emo(tional) rather than eerie. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.129]

A diverting listen. [Jun 2003, p.94]

A strangely satisfying pop record. [Jan/Feb 2006, p.92]

In a case of not fixing what isn't broken, they return with a veritable cornucopia of crossover-ready collaborators eager to see if lightning can indeed strike twice. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.127]

You've heard it before and frankly, you've heard it better. [Jun 2004, p.90]

Any track... could comfortably fit on any of their previous efforts. [Apr 2006, p.84]

For every gloomy 4AD inspired "Hail Xnanax," there's the poppy metronic Kraftwerk pulse of "Zugaga." [Jun 2005, p.77]

Lush, engaging and quirkily accessible. [Apr 2005, p.102]

Take the jokes for what they are and discover that Felix's style-shifting is refreshing at album length. It may even make He Was Kings the finest full-length effort he's ever created.

Stalwart fans of Morcheeba won't be disappointed. [Mar/Apr 2008, p.106]

A big, heaping spoonful of bland. [Mar 2007, p.96]

This time the band offers a variety of styles, from uptempo rockers to gorgeous ballads to move you. [Jun 2006, p.119]

Much of the album fails to make sparks. [Nov/Dec 2001, p.142]

Although at times the tunes become monotonous, the brother and sister group show that they’re going to be around for a hot minute, cranking out anti-Disney channel ditties in the name of all things punk.

For the first time since 1995's "Everything Is Wrong," the producer who cashes checks as Richard Melville Hall has made an album that, while not devoid of song craft, doesn't allow the pop elements to overpower the dance floor punch.

You love your iPod, so you'll like this album, at least the Bowie-esque parts. [May 2005, p.92]