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Entertainment Weekly (8/6/93, p.58) - "...anyone who thinks British 'dream-pop' bands can't write decent tunes should get a load of these guys..." Rating: B+Q (9/93, p.80) - 3 Stars - Good - "...[Catherine Wheel] have taken two years and the first half of [CHROME] to leave 1991 behind..."Melody Maker (7/24/93, p.34) - "...CHROME is a tighter, more robust affair than FERMENT...the nods Catherine Wheel have made to marketability have left them sounding more assured....this is perhaps the ultimate Catherine Wheel album..."NME (Magazine) (7/17/93, p.31) - 7 - Very Good - "...A triumph..."25.36717
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Q (9/00, p.131) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Walker and arranger Wally Scott find their own voice on [this album], a luminous, orchestral and mystical take on the Jack Jones school of crooner..."Q (p.44) - "In one of pop's more remarkable reinventions, Scott Walker went from being a lust object for teeny-bopper girls to existential balladeer..."Mojo (Publisher) (8/00, p.97) - "...Resonates with the riches of the last great days of the pop narrative. The pop song rarely aspired to such literacy after this....forged in the white-hot glare of the pop process....[with] superb orchestrations..."25.36717
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Alternative Press (p.138) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Laiho's shredded vocals and killer riffs still carry the day -- and helps slice a few arteries along the way."25.36717
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Kerrang (Magazine) (p.53) - "[The album represents] the heavier end of folk metal -- death metal vocals and galloping, reeling rhythms, occasionally spinning out into chanted hooks."25.36717
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Spin (p.85) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Nearly every song on their second collaboration -- but particularly the brooding 'Salvation' and sweetly melancholy 'Trouble' -- reveals gorgeous comfort in the juxtaposition."Alternative Press (p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The] overall effect of Lanegan up front and Campbell in the middle distance -- angelic, ethereal, almost intangible -- is the magic that makes their collaboration so memorable."CMJ - "[T]he low, raspy voice of Mark Lanegan sounds closer to Tom Waits than his previous Queens of the Stone Age work..."25.36717
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Alternative Press (p.129) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The band flex all their muscles from a decade-plus of experience without hesitation and, more importantly, without overdoing it."Billboard (p.29) - "[I]mpressionistic...with frontman Fran Healy wringing out a few philosophical nuggets atop the power chord-led rock groove of 'Chinese Blues'..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Broken Mirror' is best of all, a fragile, slightly psychedelic reverie delivered before a distorted sonic backdrop."Clash (magazine) (p.110) - "'Chinese Democracy' is a cracker of an opener; set at stadium rock pace it strums out like a Britpop classic..."25.36717
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Billboard (p.33) - "At the core are such propulsive, Vans Warped tour-ready rock anthems as 'She's So Sorry,' 'Narcissist' and Hand Grenade.'"25.36717
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Kerrang (Magazine) (p.53) - "Aided by the Finnish National Opera no less, each song is exorbitant, music that is virtually cinematic in scale..."25.36717
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Kerrang (Magazine) (p.48) - "Finnish mob Ensiferum load their Viking/folk crucible with a ton of rampant thrashings and come up with a fine concoction."25.36717
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CMJ (2/12/01, p.29) - "...REAPER's grand, up-tempo death metal is textures with classical elements. There's still plenty of In Flames/Iron Maiden riffs and speed - it's just enmeshed in the storm an splash of synthesizers..."25.36717
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Rolling Stone (6/28/90) - 3 Stars - Good - "...a focused guitar outfit... earns its own distinctive response."Entertainment Weekly - "strikingly soft-spoken" - Rating: A-Q (7/96, p.139) - 3 Stars - Good - "...the weird highlight of a polite...though better-written, Bunnymenlike album..."15.843
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Q - 3 Stars - Good15.843
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Rolling Stone (12/15/94, p.92) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...far better than anyone but their accountants had a right to expect..."Entertainment Weekly (11/11/94, p.70) - "...With Page strumming away energetically and Plant hitting most of his old mystic-hippie high notes...they and their band offer up sharp remakes....Show the connection between the folk music of the British Isles and...Middle East..." - Rating: B+Q (12/94, p.148) - 3 Stars - Good - "...a curious, new, bombastic, post-Peter Gabriel species of non-groinal World Music Zeppelin. The album is hit-and-miss...but it does stand up, as far as spirit of adventure goes, with prime, hubristic Zeppelin..."Mojo (Publisher) (1/95, p.50) - Included in Mojo's "25 Best Albums of 1994" - "...A robust and thrilling new beginning....with this hugely enjoyable album..."NME (Magazine) (11/19/94, p.47) - 6 - Good - "...Plant wibbles on about Moroccan sunrises and the like, and actually manages to transfer his wandering moods to the music..."15.843
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Entertainment Weekly (5/17/96, p.62) - "...The band's latest dreamscape floats on shimmering guitar waves and celestial vocal harmonies, but it's far more than an aural sedative, mixing melody and atmosphere in just the right dose to guarantee many memorable listens." - Rating: BQ (p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] final missive that left their reputation as generators of rare beauty unsullied."Option (7-8/96, p.97) - "...MILK & KISSES is as good as anything the Twins have ever done..."Musician (5/96, p.100) - "...Not only is the writing more linear, but there's a far greater attention to craft--harmony vocals, counter melodies, even the odd chorus or two..."15.843
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Rolling Stone (3/10/94, p.64) - "...FOUR-CALENDAR CAFE finds the Cocteau's wallowing in one of rock's cheapest and best pleasures: big hooks....the Cocteau Twins' old-fashioned popcraft opens the gates of the world a bit wider without compromising their signature atmospherics...."Spin (12/93, p.120) - Recommended - "...CAFE is a stripped-down, more straightforwardly melodic version of the Cocteau Twins trademark hum-and-strum..."Q (10/93, p.104) - 4 Stars - "...there is nothing self-indulgent or evasive about [FOUR CALENDAR CAFE]...[Elizabeth] Fraser's vocals dominate every tune and [her] lyrics no longer sound like someone thinking aloud in a private language..."Melody Maker (10/23/93, p.35) - "...FOUR CALENDAR CAFE consists of romantic rhapsodies and shimmering glissandos played on celestial harps....But here's the real surprise: For the first time ever, you can hear what [Elizabeth Fraser's] on about..."Audio Magazine (3/94, p.86) - "...By no means a breakthrough record, FOUR-CALENDAR CAFE is a new direction and a nice addition to the Twins' already expansive career...."NME (Magazine) (12/25/93, p.67) - Ranked #46 in New Musical Express' list of `The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - "...It's the Cocteaus doing what only the Cocteaus can do and doing it very well..."NME (Magazine) (10/16/93, p.32) - 8 - Excellent - "...they still provide the best soundtrack for sex...."15.843
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Entertainment Weekly (4/12/91) - "..a gentle album dominated by sparse arrangements, mostly just piano, bass and drums, which reflect Adam's gospel roots. Her voice can soar with intensity, hanging onto notes for dear life, or sudddenly drop into hushed intimacy...Adams' voice roams freely, imbuing the collection with depth and warmth." - Rating: A-15.843
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Rolling Stone (6/13/96, p.85) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...have polished their lush hippie-hop to the point where it's aglow in a hazy, midsummer shine. EXPERIENCE...is at once agreeably laid-back and just plain lethargic..."Alternative Press (12/96, p.71) - 4 (out of 5) - "Definition of Sound's reemergence onto the British dance scene remains among the past years most gratifying explosions..."15.843
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