Q (12/92, p.144) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...the trio take red raw slices of rock and spice them up with hefty doses of frenetically frazzled guitar, punchy percussion and spiky injections of fuzz and feedback..."17.23086
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Rolling Stone (6/25/92, p.42) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...An intriguing blend of biting guitar rock and tuneful minimalist pop...HOLY SMOKE is strangely affecting progressive rock that works on the soul as well as the cerebellum..."Entertainment Weekly (5/29/92, p.64) - "...When the music and lyrics come together--as they often do--it's almost touching..." - Rating: B7.268391
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Rolling Stone (5/3/90) - "...a richly textured pop album..."7.268391
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Q (6/00, p.128) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...It's easy to see why Murphy exited the po-faced Bauhaus to enjoy cult Stateside success...[His] languid rasp is studied but indubitably easy on the ear and his material...can be engagingly diverting..."Mojo (Publisher) (5/00, p.109) - "...Ably attests [to] his solo career's lofty moments....[with] some classic songwriting not a world away from the doom-and-gloom epics of Leonard Cohen....this is an excellent intro to the solo Murphy..."7.053712
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Alternative Press (p.116) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he quartet have crafted 10 songs that are compelling and honest."4.611447
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Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.112) - Ranked #57 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time"Entertainment Weekly (9/20/02, p.103) - "...Always one of their finest hours...now featuring magnificent retweaked sound. Rarely has digital separation served songs better..." - Rating: AUncut (1/03, p.97) - Included in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year"NME (Magazine) (7/8/95, p.46) - 8 (out of 10) - "...Psychedelia gives way to the swamp blues of the Mississippi Delta....'Sympathy For The Devil' is still as scary as it was the first time anyone ever heard it while 'Street Fighting Man' remains the greatest song that Noel Gallagher wishes he'd written..."4.572791
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Uncut (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[It] somehow encompasses hard rock, West Coast harmonies, flashy instrumentation, satanic lyrics, sound effects, screams...and a raucous Scottish jig."4.572791
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Q (12/02, p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Instantly memorable choruses abound and, with the playing self-assured throughout, mainstream success could even be just around the corner..."CMJ (11/11/01, p.26) - "...ON FIRE is a rootin'-tootin', hollerin', rock 'n' roll good time....ON FIRE shows us another side of Sweden and of guitar wizard Amott..."3.658232
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CMJ - "Falconer creates a genuine and intelligent sound that has difficulty being anything but larger than life."3.658232
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Q (12/02, p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Instantly memorable choruses abound and, with the playing self-assured throughout, mainstream success could even be just around the corner..."CMJ (11/11/01, p.26) - "...ON FIRE is a rootin'-tootin', hollerin', rock 'n' roll good time....ON FIRE shows us another side of Sweden and of guitar wizard Amott..."3.658232
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"Laurence Olivier shows plenty of swagger..." Sight and Sound2.743674
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Uncut (magazine) (p.67) - "New York's Turnquist is masterful....Using vibraphone to pick melodies from the flood, it's a gorgeous, heady collection."2.636782
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Magnet (12-1/02, p.78) - "...The group uses a set of Civil War-era melodies as launching points for gorgeous, meandering improvisations that resonate with ringing overtones and bristle with concealed dissonance. It's their best record yet..."Mojo (Publisher) (11/01, p.99) - "...Evocative...and utterly captivating....evolving slowly, with care and quiet grace..."2.636782
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Alternative Press (p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[Certain] tracks come alive with the added room to breathe -- Cape's elegiac lamenting on 'B-Side' ascends into greater relief, while 'Memoirs And Landmines' feels completely reborn."2.636782
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Magnet (1-2/98, p.64) - "...adept at coming up with delicately lovely tunes on acoustic guitars, which sound especially fetching when doubled by the other stringed instruments in the group's arsenal..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "So empathetic is the ensemble playing - cellos and autoharp to the fore - that these arcane tales lose any whiff of artifice."2.636782
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CMJ (1/5/04, p.26) - Ranked #12 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1989"2.425343
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