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Rolling Stone (6/10/99, pp.122-123) - out of 5 - Good - "...HEAD MUSIC finds these glitter gold diggers still on a creative roll....a truly glorious rush of sexy guitar trash."Spin (7/99, pp.131-2) - 7 (out of 10) - "...HEAD MUSIC embraces the supposed contradiction of rocking out with a dance-music mentor....a hard precision that brings back the brutality of early Suede while lending a complex sheen to simplistic material..."Q (1/00, p.87) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1999."Q (6/99, p.108) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...this, their fourth proper album, is rooted more in rhythms and electronics than their previous offerings....easily - almost effortlessly - their best and most wholly realised album to date..."Alternative Press (8/99, p.90) - 4 (out of 5) - "...dramatic, fey and fearless as its predecessors....their best album yet..."Magnet (8-9/99, p.80) - "...most ruefully fantastic....The band's songs...are odes to the utter worthlessness of it all, burnt up on the edges with narcotics and romance....The London Suede is brighter than ever."CMJ (5/17/99, p.3) - "...The record slams glam-rock into post-punk, leaving only incandescence in its wake....Ranging from hooky rock rampages to woeful symphonic ballads, HEAD MUSIC is a triumphant release...casts these charming men as the prime contenders to save the Britpop empire."Melody Maker (5/1/99, p.37) - 4 1/2 stars (out of 5) - "...quite possibly [their] best 'proper' album....[it] remains suedier than the suediest piece of suede in the World of Suede showrooms. It is, in short, absoruddylutely marvellous..."Guitar Magazine (7/99, p.96) - "...Anderson's songs have become more blatantly erotic odes to excess, from sex and stardom to drugs and the high life....[he] proves...to be a skilled melody writer..."NME (Magazine) (5/1/99, p.38) - 7 out of 10 - "...It's sex, it's drugs, it's suburban ennui, it's frequently hilarious....Suede may be writing some of the most exciting pop of their career..."Pitchfork (Website) - "HEAD MUSIC is neon to COMING UP's day-glo, and it's aged well sonically -- it is easily the band's most underappreciated album."10.49406

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Rolling Stone (p.68) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The album holds up as one of the Eighties' smartest megapop statements, full of passion and surefire hooks."Rolling Stone - 4 Stars - Excellent - Ranked #84 in the 100 Best Albums of The Eighties survey.Spin (p.84) - "George actually had an album top the U.S. R&B chart. And what a crafty platter it was."Record Collector (magazine) (p.87) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's the seamless blend of radio-friendly pop, slick R&B and the occasional jazz shapes that impresses..."Uncut (magazine) (p.93) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Jazz, Latin and funky flourishes thrived alongside his unique hybrids..."9.521729

Rolling Stone (p.68) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The album holds up as one of the Eighties' smartest megapop statements, full of passion and surefire hooks."Rolling Stone - 4 Stars - Excellent - Ranked #84 in the 100 Best Albums of The Eighties survey.Spin (p.84) - "George actually had an album top the U.S. R&B chart. And what a crafty platter it was."Record Collector (magazine) (p.87) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's the seamless blend of radio-friendly pop, slick R&B and the occasional jazz shapes that impresses..."Uncut (magazine) (p.93) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Jazz, Latin and funky flourishes thrived alongside his unique hybrids..."9.507685

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Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.124) - Ranked #118 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "STAND! is party politics at its most inclusive and exciting..."Rolling Stone (7/26/69, p.37) - "...extremely vital body music. It really can't be listened to in a low volume and communicate. STAND! depends on sheer energy..."Q (p.124) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "STAND! is Sly Stone's definitive statement....The title track's coda is the funkiest thing ever recorded by anyone not called James Brown..."Down Beat (p.68) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Everything seems to click, with the band actually sounding like one big, happy family."8.622546

Rolling Stone (3/4/71, p.48) - "...Elvis Presley has come out with a record which gives us some of the very finest and most affecting music since he first recorded for Sun almost 17 years ago..."Uncut (magazine) (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The honky-tonk strum of Ernest Tubb's 'Tomorrow Never Comes' becomes a blood-and-thunder ballad....Hank Cochran's 'Make The World Go Away' re-emerged as a dark sermon from the church of the broken-hearted."8.622546

Rolling Stone (7/20/00, p.139) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...[They] show they can find microscopic humanity even within the most expansive spaces."Rolling Stone (7/20/00, p.139) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...[They] show they can find microscopic humanity even within the most expansive spaces."Q (10/00, p.123) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Literate post-grunge pop....[They] seem capable of managing the journey towards the mainstream..."Q (10/00, p.123) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Literate post-grunge pop....[They] seem capable of managing the journey towards the mainstream..."Alternative Press (7/00, p.103) - 3 out of 5 - "...Their most complex recording to date....proving that they are still experimenting with their sound and approach....it's nice to see them taking new paths at this stage. It's a very dark album..."Alternative Press (7/00, p.103) - 3 out of 5 - "...Their most complex recording to date....proving that they are still experimenting with their sound and approach....it's nice to see them taking new paths at this stage. It's a very dark album..."Magnet (8-9/00, p.85) - "...A dark album that shines very brightly....It's rare to hear a band that has a unique, absorbing sound..."Magnet (8-9/00, p.85) - "...A dark album that shines very brightly....It's rare to hear a band that has a unique, absorbing sound..."CMJ (1/08/01, p.17) - Included in CMJ's "Best of the Year" for 2000.CMJ (6/12/00, p.3) - "...As [vocalist/guitarist, Issac Brock's] internal mania is unleashed in the lyrics, the music is at once pop, punk, psychedelic and rootsy, filled with frantic, bending moments that coalesce into expansive interludes..."CMJ (1/08/01, p.17) - Included in CMJ's "Best of the Year" for 2000.CMJ (6/12/00, p.3) - "...As [vocalist/guitarist, Issac Brock's] internal mania is unleashed in the lyrics, the music is at once pop, punk, psychedelic and rootsy, filled with frantic, bending moments that coalesce into expansive interludes..."Melody Maker (7/22/00, p.51) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Beyond anything else they've ever acheived....taking in elements of Beck...the staccato-assault of Fugazi...and the taut punk of Wire...and Built To Spill without the penchant for big Sabbath guitar solos..."Melody Maker (7/22/00, p.51) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Beyond anything else they've ever acheived....taking in elements of Beck...the staccato-assault of Fugazi...and the taut punk of Wire...and Built To Spill without the penchant for big Sabbath guitar solos..."Mojo (Publisher) (9/00, p.90) - "...One of the year's most oddly endearing records..."Mojo (Publisher) (9/00, p.90) - "...One of the year's most oddly endearing records..."NME (Magazine) (7/15/00, p.34) - 7 out of 10 - "...Their most well-rounded effort yet....Frustrating. Stubborn. But always charming."NME (Magazine) (7/15/00, p.34) - 7 out of 10 - "...Their most well-rounded effort yet....Frustrating. Stubborn. But always charming."8.612671

Q (1/94, p.83) - Included in Q's list of 'The 50 Best Albums Of 1993.'Q (4/93, p.88) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...will surely delight anyone with their head in the '90s and a chunk of their heart still in the late '60s....hangs together perfectly....this album is full of dynamite..."8.61069

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Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "When Bedingfield strays from her airy Kelly Clarkson vibe, she can be gorgeously soulful, but she has the most fun rocking out to 'All I Need'..."Billboard (p.48) - "[F]illed with plenty of familiar but appealing pop conventions."8.596646

Spin (p.73) - "Nanna Oland Fabricius beguiles with a gently insistent presence."Billboard (p.36) - "The songs here are endlessly catchy....The tilting scales of light and dark give the collection a definite creep factor and a clever complexity."8.596646

Billboard (p.48) - "[With] bouncy, cleverly arranged tunes like 'Heart Skips a Beat' and 'Roll With the Punches'..."8.596646

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Rolling Stone (p.67) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's all state-of-the-art slow-jams all the time, driven by Sade Adu's touch-me now contralto....Like bar lighting, Sade's glow makes everyone look their best."8.596646

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Record Collector (magazine) (p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he three ballads recorded at the Royal Albert Hall are as heartrending as tales of love and loss come..."Uncut (magazine) (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Of most interest are three new songs with his first group, Ben Folds Five. 'Tell Me What I Did' in particular recalls their trademark belligerent nerdiness..."8.596646

Record Collector (magazine) (p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he three ballads recorded at the Royal Albert Hall are as heartrending as tales of love and loss come..."Uncut (magazine) (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Of most interest are three new songs with his first group, Ben Folds Five. 'Tell Me What I Did' in particular recalls their trademark belligerent nerdiness..."8.596646

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Q (Magazine) (p.126) - "[W]ith Jackson still intent on pushing the limits, from the pulsating title track to 'Man In The Mirror''s baroque gospel finale....Compelling...'8.596646

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Q (5/02 SE, p.136) - Included in Q's "100 Best Punk Albums".Q (6/00, p.65) - Ranked #66 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...Part punk mayhem, part gallery of grotesques and part music hall funk. If James Brown had worked with Max Miller, they might have made this record..."Uncut (p.136) - 5 stars out of 5 - "All of it as warmly exhilarating as anything thrown up by Tamla Motown..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.131) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[R]emaining his most instantly enjoyable work."7.724655

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Mojo (Publisher) (p.85) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here is a strange and gripping transport to be had in these imaginative flight....File admiringly next to British Sea Power and the Hauntologist tendency."5.250762