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Spin (p.86) - "[They sound] like a pro forma emo-fed hard-rock band with some likably silly Euro-doom flourishes."Alternative Press (p.90) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "When the band are a little more concrete and less spooky, the results are especially compelling....Ultimately successful in its blending of melody and muscle."Billboard - "[T]he album represents a move away from the band's heavy metal history toward a more pop-friendly sound."23.9547

Spin (p.86) - "[They sound] like a pro forma emo-fed hard-rock band with some likably silly Euro-doom flourishes."Alternative Press (p.90) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "When the band are a little more concrete and less spooky, the results are especially compelling....Ultimately successful in its blending of melody and muscle."Billboard - "[T]he album represents a move away from the band's heavy metal history toward a more pop-friendly sound."23.95364

Uncut (p.88) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "At the center, in splendid isolation from the surrounding cast of characters, are Browne's boyishly earnest voice and its constant shadow throughout the decade: the keening lap-steel and doleful violin of David Lindley."Dirty Linen (p.63) - "Writing rock songs about life on the road has long been a cliche, but the topic was never treated with such verve and condor as it was on Jackson Browne's 1977 album RUNNING ON EMPTY..."12.27355

Uncut (5/03, p.113) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...An album of genre hopping alt.rock full of firecracker melodies and heart-stopping hooks..."7.404293

Alternative Press (2/00, p.94) - 4 out of 5 - "...With only his voice and acoustic guitar, Toure performs in a timeless and hypnotic fashion....his deep, bluesy picking and emphatic singing that capture his soul's essence..."Mojo (Publisher) (6/96, p.113) - "...These hypnotic performances - sometimes accompanied solely by a simple acoustic guitar, sometimes by ngoni and violin - established [Toure's] reputation in Africa and they still have the power to take the breath away."7.395099

Mojo (Publisher) (7/95, p.113) - "First CD release for the 1978 spoken word album, boasting three new tracks and a radio-friendly reworking of 'The Ghost Song'..."7.379436

Rolling Stone (3/6/97, p.70) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...He has an infallible ear for melody, and the technical limitations of his voice imbue his singing with an engaging sincerity....he comes off more like the singer in a band than a singer/songwriter whose songs have been too meticulously arranged..."Spin (3/97, p.100) - 8 (out of 10) - "...on NEVER HOME, Johnston's matched gifts for the memorable tune, the telling phrase, and the painful situation all reassert themselves....Not every song is a keeper, but more than half are, and nothing goes by without waving hello..."Entertainment Weekly (2/21-2/28/97, p.125) - "...Johnston's fourth finds him more successful with character sketches than with personal songs about dysfunctional relationships....Original and off-beat." - Rating: B+Option (7-8/97, p.113) - "...There's nary a clink or quirk in the music to match the twists and turns of what's being said...Still, Johnston's songcraft alone puts his work well ahead of dozens of quirkier records..."7.341742

Rolling Stone (1/27/94, p.52) - 3 1/2 Stars - Good Plus - "....when the Whigs' dense, near-symphonic blast...coalesces with their brooding intensity, they tug at the heartstrings in ways not much late-period punk rock does..."Entertainment Weekly (10/1/93, p.56) - "...lyrically, the album's a downer, but the brooding intensity of these anthems-for-the-alienated is as addictive as cheap drugs..."Q (8/96, p.132) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...GENTLEMEN is the band's best album: Dulli's lyrics are sexy, Rick McCollum's guitar work is relatively free of indie cliche and the songs strike sparks off one another....it was Dulli letting down his...armour which showed the most heart..."Q (11/93, p.113) - 3 Stars - Good - "...GENTLEMEN augments [the Afghan Whigs'] reputation for making music of serrated sorrowfulness....at [the Afghan Whigs'] best, their's is a musical madness to be compared with the clattering, majestic melancholy of Buffalo Tom..."Alternative Press (5/01, p.104) - Included in AP's "10 Essential Breakup Albums" - "...In GENTLEMEN's universe, relationships crumble, than drag on too long, and the answer is often self-destruction..."Melody Maker (1/1/94, p.76) - Ranked #2 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...Like the Stones at their best, stuff to get your fingers sticky in...."Musician (11/93, p.86) - "...GENTLEMEN is full of what makes the band interesting--odd, ambling guitars and Greg Dulli's skewed songwriting--but a warmer, more dynamic sound serves the record well...."Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #17 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.NME (Magazine) (10/9/93, p.39) - (9) - Excellent Plus - "...GENTLEMEN is one long guilt purge...[it] towers above all the others..."NME (Magazine) (12/25/93, p.66) - Ranked #20 in New Musical Express' list of `The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - "...Grunge was officially proclaimed dead but Cincinatti's Afghan Whigs had been preparing the grave for the past two years...."7.322467

Spin (9/95, pp.112-113) - 6 - Reasonably Good - "...wallows in a deep, bass-driven earthy blues that's on a continuum with John Lee Hooker, dub reggae, and Miles Davis' early '70s electric period. Kyuss' preferred method of assault is a slow-motion blizzard of sound, like thrash slowed down to 16 rpm..."Q (8/95, p.124) - 3 Stars - Good - "...part grunge rumble, part Mick Ronson salvo circa Spiders Of Mars....John Garcia's vocals wail convincingly but it's Josh Homme's fluid guitar that strays into everything from glam to thrash, with a touch of melody lulling the impartial listener into a false sense of semi-comfort..."NME (Magazine) (7/15/95, p.46) - 8 (out of 10) "...the thinking mammoth's metal muthas....Kyuss' riffs are supremely obese, like the bowels of Black Sabbath after six vindaloos and no rice, and only Monster Magnet can really compare on that level..."7.310302

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JazzTimes (10/97, pp.91-92) - "For the first time since their initial appearance in 1923, Jelly Roll Morton's piano rolls can now be heard in a manner far more closely reflective of real performance sound....those familiar with the limitations of piano rolls...will be amazed..."18.97917

Entertainment Weekly (2/13/98, p.71) - "...eloquently attests to the PBBB's formidable mastery of da blues, as well as its ability to stretch the genre's ostensible limitations to the snapping point..." - Rating: A16.32594

CMJ (3/29/99, p.32) - "...It's hearty gypsy music, a slow burning fire fueled by minor-key accordion, passionate violins and a unique percussion instrument known as the cymbalum. When these young and old brigands unite to play music, it is often poignant and special..."Dirty Linen (8-9/99, p.88) - "...To call them brilliant hardly seems to do them justice....this isn't restaurant romanticism, but the real deal, rawer and much shinier. Every home should have a copy of this."16.27139

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.108) - Ranked #40 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Love were Lee's vehicle for a pioneering folk-rock - paranoid, punky, like the Byrds morphing into the Doors..."Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.108) - Ranked #40 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Love were Lee's vehicle for a pioneering folk-rock - paranoid, punky, like the Byrds morphing into the Doors..."Q (8/99) - Included in Q Magazine's "Best Psychedelic Albums of All Time" issue.Q (8/99, p.138) - "...whenever lists are compiled for greatest album of all time, FOREVER CHANGES has its advocates....exquisite tunes...a rather elaborate Summer of Love chamber piece..."Q (8/99) - Included in Q Magazine's "Best Psychedelic Albums of All Time."Q (8/99, p.138) - "...whenever lists are compiled for greatest album of all time, FOREVER CHANGES has its advocates....exquisite tunes...a rather elaborate Summer of Love chamber piece..."Uncut (p.99) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "A suite of songs as seductive as honey-traps, with such powerful psychological associations of sunshine that they almost warm the skin on your arms..."Q (Magazine) (p.157) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "No self-respecting record collector should be without a copy..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.78) - "FOREVER CHANGES is Love's masterwork....David Angel's spellbinding orchestral arrangements are certainly key in establishing it as a transcendent album."Mojo (Publisher) (1/02, p.69) - Included in Mojo's "Best Reissues of 2001".Mojo (Publisher) (3/01, p.89) - "...'The' key '60s album....Totally suffused in acid: being full of bizarre juxtapositions, perceptual tricks, multiple viewpoint lyrics, lightning fast, almost schizoid changes of mood and topic, the personal fusing with the universal..."Mojo (Publisher) (3/01, p.89) - "...'The' key '60s album....Totally suffused in acid: being full of bizarre juxtapositions, perceptual tricks, multiple viewpoint lyrics, lightning fast, almost schizoid changes of mood and topic, the personal fusing with the universal..."NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #18 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.'NME (Magazine) (2/17/01, p.45) - 10 out of 10 - "...An album of awesome intensity and tenderness....baroque and beautiful folk-rock the like of which had never been heard before - nore been bettered since..."NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #18 in NME's list of the "Greatest Albums Of All Time."NME (Magazine) (2/17/01, p.45) - 10 out of 10 - "...An album of awesome intensity and tenderness....baroque and beautiful folk-rock the like of which had never been heard before - nor been bettered since..."Blender (Magazine) (p.81) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] font for artists from beck to Thom Yorke, lovers of knotty pop, and doubters of pop-culture euphoria."Paste (magazine) (p.79) - "FOREVER CHANGES is a haunted record, from its fragile vocals to the deathly premonitions that loomed over frontman Arthur Lee throughout its recording process....The original album itself is incredible."Record Collector (magazine) (p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's an unparalleled combination of a dexterous melodic wit, ambitious arrangements that have bewitched generations and a lyrical vision veering between the unsettling and sensitive."15.10575

Rolling Stone (p.75) - 3 star out of 5 -- "[A] bunch of shiny, propulsive electro-pop songs. Hesketh is a dance artist with a torchy streak..."Entertainment Weekly (p.92) - "[M]usically, she's great at taking superstar glamour to the streets." -- Grade: B+Billboard - "Little Boots surrounds herself with complex electronic tracks that collapse into each other like dominoes, with such producers as RedOne and Greg Kurstin contributing energetic beats."Pitchfork (Website) - "[A] mainstream pop effort with an indie-friendly narrative....One three-and-a-half-minute nugget comes after another, with the directness of Madonna and the fashion sense, too..."15.07911

Mojo (Publisher) (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's Green's pitch-perfect delivery, his ability to switch from sublimely giddy pop to earnest moments of heartache and convince utterly in both instances, that make THE LADY KILLER a treasure."Paste (magazine) - "With THE LADY KILLER, Cee Lo Green is out for blood. Track after track, he triumphs."Clash (magazine) - "As attempts at storming the mainstream go, this looks like a surefire winner..."Uncut (magazine) (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A]nother demonstration not only of the remarkable power of his voice, but also his emotional range."15.07911

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Billboard (p.44) - "[T]he vocalist takes on another 11 classics with highly skilled reverence."15.06017

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Billboard (p.28) - "Diamandis uses her earthy, lower-than-you'd expect vocals to enliven that lyrical swagger on ELECTRA HEART..."Uncut (magazine) (p.78) - "[With the] Top 40 turbo-pop of 'Primadonna' and 'Power And Control'...[and] swooning cuts 'State Of Dreaming' and 'Hypocrates'..."13.16319

Alternative Press (p.105) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The group sound recharged on 'You Suck At Love' and 'Can't Keep My Hands off You,' which brim with the buoyant energy of NO PADS."Kerrang (Magazine) (p.52) - "Standouts are the fun-filled Rivers Cuomo collaboration 'Can't Get My Hands Off You' and the breezy 'Summer Paradise,' showing them at their irrepressible and effortless best."12.32189

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Billboard (p.32) - "[A] diverse and wide-ranging affair, from the industrial grind of 'Sick Bubblegum' and 'Mars Needs Women' to the garage-y fury of 'Death and Destiny Inside the Dream Factory'..."12.14566

Billboard (p.32) - "[A] diverse and wide-ranging affair, from the industrial grind of 'Sick Bubblegum' and 'Mars Needs Women' to the garage-y fury of 'Death and Destiny Inside the Dream Factory'..."11.64225

Q (3/95, pp.114-115) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...It's a strange, daring, even deep album, moving from Nesmith's sci-fi C&W to Dolenz's nightmare vaudeville, using the full limit of studio gimmickry to make its courageous point..."NME (Magazine) (2/18/95, p.51) - 6 - Good - "...display[s]...[Michael] Nesmith's burgeoning West Coast country-rock sound..."Uncut (magazine) (p.95) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] a wealth of two-dozen plus previously unreleased songs and alternative mixes..."11.58596

Q (6/00, p.72) - Ranked #44 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums"Q (12/93, p.139) - 3 Stars - Good - "...[HATFUL OF HOLLOW] proved that [The Smiths'] work for John Peel was invariably just as thrilling as that for [producers] John Porter and Stephen Street..."NME (Magazine) (9/25/93, p.18) - Ranked #7 among The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s - "...possibly the greatest thing [the Smiths] ever recorded..."NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #41 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.'11.58521

Rolling Stone (11/89) - Ranked #22 in Rolling Stone's `100 Best Albums of The Eighties' survey.Spin (p.108) - "[Morrissey] understands the essence of attractive mopiness: Imply, never explain."Q (12/93, p.139) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...THE SMITHS gleefully introduced the arts to each other, drawing up party invites that sat Tony Richardson, Dusty Springfield and John Renbourne at the same table..."NME (Magazine) (9/25/93, p.19) - Ranked #24 among The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s.NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #72 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.'11.58521

Rolling Stone (p.95) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A]s a pop encounter with the hippie moment, it's hard to beat."Q (5/95, p.127) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...the only one which features Tork, Nesmith, Jones and Dolenz playing on every cut without heaps of session players. Even their songwriting stands up as classic country-esque 12-string folk-pop..."NME (Magazine) (2/18/95, p.51) - 7 - Very Good - "...Palpably fun and groovy, it is the sound of blind men suddenly marvelling at the gift of sight, with at least three self-composed gems: Nesmith's `You Just May Be The One,' Tork's `For Pete's Sake' and Dolenz's `Randy Scouse Git,' a wild portrait of London life at the height of Beatlemania..."11.58215

Billboard (p.28) - "[H]e offers up another batch of tunes in the vein of his hit David Guetta collaborations 'Club Can't Handle Me' and 'Where Them Girls At.'"11.5592

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Billboard (p.32) - "The result is a sound that fits firmly in the rock mainstream without losing a club friendly underpinning that makes it a bit more hip than standard issue dance-rock."11.55814

Billboard (p.32) - "Maturing but hardly mellowing, Musiq Soulchild's credential remain admirably intact."11.55777

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Mojo (Publisher) (p.109) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "There's a thrilling carnival atmosphere to STAR OF LOVE....Unique..."11.55702

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Rolling Stone (p.81) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Alongside Neil Young's 'Ohio,' they remain the most potent political anthems in the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young songbook."Rolling Stone (7/22/71, p.36) - "...a sharp ear for melody, a pleasant voice that tends to grow on you, and a suprisingly restrained and beautiful production..."Q (7/93, p.110) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Perhaps because of his Hollies background, Graham Nash was unusual among '70s singer/songwriters in appreciating the three-minute pop single...worth a listen..."Dirty Linen (p.50) - "[The album] has a timeless feel due to the strength of the material....The album ended with the politically fueled 'Chicago/We Can Change the World,' songs that are still relevant today."Mojo (Publisher) (p.117) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "SONGS FOR BEGINNERS is the sound of a gentle soul from northern England watching the LA lights go out....Songs of change and hope heavy with an unfathomable foreboding."Record Collector (magazine) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] solid songwriting....Though it's possible to hear echoes and pre-figurings, the music is sufficiently different from his group work to be distinctive..."Uncut (magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "These are protest songs....It all sounds lovely."11.55627