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Entertainment Weekly (6/12/98, pp.73-74) - "...Fogerty's voice is as rugged and eternal as the material....By the time it ends, PREMONITION becomes more than a concert recording by a veteran rock act. It's an elegy for a white male-dominated era of pop, an epoch that's starting to feel as distant as the guitar solo itself." - Rating: B15.65923

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Alternative Press - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "TAPE DECK HEART is a beautiful, vital representation of the journey the singer/songwriter has spent in the past seven years as a solo artist, plying heartbreakingly honest lyrics driven by sharp musicianship."Q (Magazine) (p.111) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Tell Tale Signs' is a vicious kiss-off song....He soars on the thrilling 'Four Simple Words'..."10.69613

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Entertainment Weekly (3/19/99, pp.101-102) - "...these recordings...are not only historically intriguing but extremely enjoyable....IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME...contain[s] pleasures so guilty, they deserve life sentences..."- Rating: A7.509193

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Rolling Stone (p.60) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he record is remarkably polished, coloring Gram Parsons-style country with R.E.M.'s vocal drama and the Replacements' beer-breath blues."Rolling Stone (8/7/97, p.64) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "If there's to be a Nirvana among the bands that are imprecisely dubbed alternative country, look to Whiskeytown. Ryan Adams is a gifted writer who pens aching songs about alienation and love's lackings, and sings in a weary voice scuffed by hard luck..."Spin (08/01/97, p.74) - "...This Raleigh, N.C., quintet breaks away from the No Depression pack with a potent major-label bow that might be characterized as country & Westerberg. More tuneful and ruminative than their rowdy shows would suggest, Ryan Adams' America-soaked songs alternately rock and tiptoe through the space between apathy and regret..." - Rating: B+Uncut (p.109) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] still sounds like alt.country's high tide."Uncut (5/04, p.100) - "[S]tunning....[R]ocking like a primate and sad-balladeering like the loneliest barfly."Alternative Press (3/01, p.104) - Included in A.P.'s "10 Essential Alt-Country Albums" - "...Ryan Adams always seems to be singing at the end of a hard night of drinking, or at the end of a string of hard luck..."Option (11-12/97, p.125) - "...show[s] range beyond the band's trademark roughhouse, twang-tinged punk, but its honky-tonk heart still beats..."Melody Maker (1/24/98, p.37) - "Purchase immediately and file next to EVERYBODY HURTS and Big Star's THIRTEEN. It really is that good."Village Voice (2/24/98) - Ranked #23 in the Village Voice's 1997 Jazz & Pop Critics' Poll.Paste (magazine) (p.64) - "STRANGERS ALMANAC is the beating heart of Whiskeytown's catalog and one of the best albums of its genre and era."Record Collector (magazine) (p.100) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Flitting between dustbowl desperation and inner city ennui on slacker anthems such as 'Losering,' Adams soundtracked a subculture with quiet reserve and filmic imagery..."6.720235

Rolling Stone (pp.63-64) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is languorous rapping has a way of inspiring inventively freaky sounds from producers....Result: the best Snoop disc in years..."Entertainment Weekly (p.p.74) - "All of Snoop's personalities make appearances on his ninth CD, Ego Trippin'....It's sentimental, it's fun....Maybe this old Dogg doesn't need any new tricks." -- Grade: BVibe (p.80) - "Lead single 'Sensual Seduction' is an undeniable masterpiece of throwback funk schmaltz..."6.720235

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Rolling Stone (pp.63-64) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is languorous rapping has a way of inspiring inventively freaky sounds from producers....Result: the best Snoop disc in years..."Entertainment Weekly (p.p.74) - "All of Snoop's personalities make appearances on his ninth CD, Ego Trippin'....It's sentimental, it's fun....Maybe this old Dogg doesn't need any new tricks." -- Grade: BVibe (p.80) - "Lead single 'Sensual Seduction' is an undeniable masterpiece of throwback funk schmaltz..."6.720235

Spin (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Nicer than Pulp, less sappy than Coldplay, Elbow excel at meticulous orchestral pop that doesn't take itself too seriously."Spin (p.51) - Ranked #11 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "Always dramatic and occasionally sweet, it's music designed for dark whiskey and wool suits."Q (Magazine) (p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hese songs refuse to trade in emotional certainties....They're still burning brightly: slowly, maybe, but stronger than ever."Mojo (Publisher) (p.69) - Ranked #23 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "SELDOM SEEN brought a romantic optimism to Elbow's poignancy.."Clash (magazine) (p.69) - Ranked #6 in Clash's "The 40 Best Albums of 2008" -- "[G]randiose yet grounded, soaringly beautiful yet subtly beguiling -- a sky-scraping tour de force of an album."The Word (magazine) (p.98) - "THE SELDOM SEEN KID is a quiet triumph, poised between joy and heartbreak, revelling in the everyday and full of a sense of being made far, far away..."6.720235

Rolling Stone (p.83) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Simpson skillfully shifts her crunchy, guitar-driven pop to Eighties-influenced electro-rock with the help of Timbaland and the Neptunes' Chad Hugo."Entertainment Weekly (p.119) - "Producers Chad Hugo, Timbaland, and Kenna have imbued the album with a giddy neon energy, and Simpson responds in kind, gliding through glossy grrrl-power-lite sentiments and saucy club come-ons..." -- Grade: B6.720235

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Entertainment Weekly (p.65) - "She fills her impressive debut with meditations on lost love, self-discovery, and angst....You'll find yourself getting carried away by WAVES." -- Grade: B+6.720235

Rolling Stone (p.70) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "King is front and center, with a killer backing band....King is heartbreakingly intimate on standards like Blind Lemon Jefferson's 'See That My Grave Is Kept Clean' and John Lee Hooker's 'Blues Before Sunrise.'"Rolling Stone (p.91) - Ranked #17 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "America's most famous bluesman lived his version of the stories in these standards."Down Beat (p.74) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "ONE KIND FAVOR returns B.B. King to the studio setting of the '50s, complete with a true stereo sound and an intimate, first-take ambiance. It's back-to-the-basics B.B., and it's his best album in years..."Living Blues (pp.34-35) - "[O]ne of his strongest in decades....B.B.'s vocals and guitar skills are still top rate."Mojo (Publisher) (p.119) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "He and Lucille are still as one and the guitar licks come exquisite and often."Paste (magazine) (p.58) - "Elegiac by intent, the record is awash in poignancy, radiating from the deeply felt guitar and vocal performances of the 83-year-old King and his supporting band and from the carefully chosen material."Record Collector (magazine) (p.84) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The song choices are all outstanding....[The songs] give King lots of room for his road-weary, half-shouted vocals and bent-note adorned guitar work..."6.720235

Rolling Stone (3/16/00, p.76) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...rock & roll is exactly what Skynyrd are all about. The band's bruising 3-guitar front line provides propulsive support to [Ronnie] Van Zandt's whiskey-cured drawl and easy way with a story line..."Rolling Stone (3/16/00, p.76) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...rock & roll is exactly what Skynyrd are all about. The band's bruising 3-guitar front line provides propulsive support to [Ronnie] Van Zandt's whiskey-cured drawl and easy way with a story line..."6.720235

Rolling Stone (p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] great, audacious, unhinged and uncompromising hard-rock record. In other words, it sounds a lot like the Guns n' Roses you know."Rolling Stone (p.90) - Ranked #12 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "[I]t is audacious and unhinged..."Spin (p.46) - Ranked #39 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[I]t's no less idea-stuffed than USE YOUR ILLUSION I and II."Spin (p.92) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The music toggles between two primary modes: grinding industrial rock and keys-and-strings balladry."Entertainment Weekly (p.73) - "This is unapologetically huge music....The blistering 'Shackler Revenge' rides a sinister riff to headbanging heaven, while the piano-heavy 'Catcher in the Rye' showcases GN'R at their '70s-aping stadium best."Billboard (p.41) - "The artist is in fine, ever-changing voice throughout, and there's certainly a ton of musical food for thought here, requiring several listens before the nuances are revealed."Mojo (Publisher) (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "CHINESE DEMOCRACY reveals itself to be an ambitious, brave and expansive offering."Blender (Magazine) (p.61) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "These aren't songs, they're suites -- hard-rock hydras cut with miasmic industrial grind, stadium-rattling metal solos, electronic drift and hip-hop churn."6.720235

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Kerrang (Magazine) (p.50) - "Bold as it is tight, with slickly Josh Abraham-produced stomping riffs and catchy, stadium-gazing choruses..."6.720235

Entertainment Weekly (p.65) - "She fills her impressive debut with meditations on lost love, self-discovery, and angst....You'll find yourself getting carried away by WAVES." -- Grade: B+6.720235

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Rolling Stone (p.76) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Make Me Over' is a shimmying, string-pierce vamp...and 'No Other' pumps Spanish guitar into a Mary J.-style monogamy ode."Spin (p.78) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Accentuating joy over pain to reflect her ascent from troubled beginnings, this is the rare upbeat R&B disc that still feels real."Entertainment Weekly (p.63) - "On A DIFFERENT ME, this Oakland-born belter turns her focus from heartbreak to happiness."Billboard (p.39) - "[O]n the noteworthy ballads 'You Complete Me' and 'Brand New,' Cole exhibits a growing confidence and command of her vocal talent."XXL (Magazine) (p.110) - "Opposites attract on the acoustic gem 'This Is Us'....Promising an exclusive love, Keyshia lyrically seduces her man on 'Brand New'..."6.720235

Spin (1/94, p.76) - Highly Recommended - "...Petty's always had a real ear for the cultural charms of new-Americana--its freeway overpasses, tattoos, and taco shops--which he brilliantly mythologized..."Entertainment Weekly (11/19/93, p.92) - "...give Tom Petty his due...he's finally released a GREATEST HITS album that is just what it says it is..." - Rating: A-Q (12/93, p.143) - 4 Stars - Excellent6.720235

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"[The directors] adeptly move their film into more serious emotions, becoming poignant as characters try to connect with others....The plotlines take some unexpected turns, with even a touch of the surreal in a beautifully shot underwater scene."Box Office "[A]ltogether charming....It explores difficult feelings without descending into easy sentimentality."New York Times "Marvelously inventive, often-ironic Israeli storyteller Etgar Keret and his life- and workmate, Shira Geffen, spin a dreamy, arty, alluringly cockeyed tale..."Entertainment Weekly "Seductive and intoxicating, playfully surreal and inexplicably moving, JELLYFISH is almost impossible to pin down or even categorize. Artistic, daring, surprising, it resists fitting into words at all.'Los Angeles Times5.699486

"[The directors] adeptly move their film into more serious emotions, becoming poignant as characters try to connect with others....The plotlines take some unexpected turns, with even a touch of the surreal in a beautifully shot underwater scene."Box Office "[A]ltogether charming....It explores difficult feelings without descending into easy sentimentality."New York Times "Marvelously inventive, often-ironic Israeli storyteller Etgar Keret and his life- and workmate, Shira Geffen, spin a dreamy, arty, alluringly cockeyed tale..."Entertainment Weekly "Seductive and intoxicating, playfully surreal and inexplicably moving, JELLYFISH is almost impossible to pin down or even categorize. Artistic, daring, surprising, it resists fitting into words at all.'Los Angeles Times5.699486

Entertainment Weekly (7/12/02, pp.84-5) - "...Reveals a surprisingly logical progression...Gabriel sharpens his writing and expands his sonic scope with every release..." Rating: BEntertainment Weekly (7/12/02, pp.84-5) - "...Reveals a surprisingly logical progression...Gabriel sharpens his writing and expands his sonic scope with every release..." Rating: B5.656246

Rolling Stone (7/25/02, p.73) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...This is a supremely confident, fastidiously arranged, masterfully played record....achieving moments of finespun beauty..."Spin (8/02, p.114) - 6 out of 10- "...Duritz and his bandmates sell their drama with a power they've never before maintained for an entire album..."Entertainment Weekly (7/12/02, p.84) - "...13 doleful songs about the impossibility of Duritz's ever forging a lasting relationship..." Rating: B-Uncut (8/02, p.97) - 3.5 out of 5 - "...Best album since their debut..."5.652267

Rolling Stone (7/25/02, p.73) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...This is a supremely confident, fastidiously arranged, masterfully played record....achieving moments of finespun beauty..."Spin (8/02, p.114) - 6 out of 10- "...Duritz and his bandmates sell their drama with a power they've never before maintained for an entire album..."Entertainment Weekly (7/12/02, p.84) - "...13 doleful songs about the impossibility of Duritz's ever forging a lasting relationship..." Rating: B-Uncut (8/02, p.97) - 3.5 out of 5 - "...Best album since their debut..."5.652267

Q (10/02, p.131) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This Best Of will remind the world what an excellent singles band they were behind the gothic veil. They deserve to sit in the same paddock as Maddness, Squeeze and The Cure..."5.644065

Q (10/02, p.131) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This Best Of will remind the world what an excellent singles band they were behind the gothic veil. They deserve to sit in the same paddock as Maddness, Squeeze and The Cure..."5.644065

Entertainment Weekly (11/8/02, p.107) - "...By the end, you'll be happy to have relived the band's glories..." - Rating: AQ (12/02, p.118) - 5 out of 5 - "...These songs get into your head....Nirvana's songs were smart and literate in a way that did anything but preclude mass appeal..."Uncut (01/03, p.136) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The good - and surprising - news about Nirvana is how well these 15 songs stand up....There's nothing to fault here musically..."Mojo (Publisher) (12/02, p.99) - "...Worth it for 'You Know You're Right' alone..."5.643476

Entertainment Weekly (11/8/02, p.107) - "...By the end, you'll be happy to have relived the band's glories..." - Rating: AQ (12/02, p.118) - 5 out of 5 - "...These songs get into your head....Nirvana's songs were smart and literate in a way that did anything but preclude mass appeal..."Uncut (01/03, p.136) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The good - and surprising - news about Nirvana is how well these 15 songs stand up....There's nothing to fault here musically..."Mojo (Publisher) (12/02, p.99) - "...Worth it for 'You Know You're Right' alone..."5.643476

Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.112) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002"Rolling Stone (6/6/02, pp.75-6) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This album shows the band just absolutely in love with rock and dedicated to upholding its form and spirit....weird in the most palatable, respectful way possible..."Spin (1/03, p.70) - Ranked #6 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year"Spin (6/02, pp.101-2) - 7 out of 10 - "...Cuomo has penned the Pinto-rocking Van Halen record of his dreams..."Q (12/02, p.69) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2002"Q (May 2002, p.118) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...Weezer fashion three-minute calling cards to thaw the coldest of hearts..."CMJ (12/30/02, p.11) - Ranked #9 on CMJ's "Top 10 of 2002"CMJ (6/02, p.4) - "...It's all triumphant, three-chord nerd rock anthems here...drenched in addictive pop hooks, plenty of perky "woah woah" harmonies, and big 'n' simple rock riffs....Weezer at its best...MALADROIT is vindicating and rewarding..."NME (Magazine) (5/18/02, p.36) - 8 out of 10 - "...Cuomo's most welcome psychotic moodswing to date....A misery-affirming, gut-pummelling, soul-ragged and triumphant return to form..."5.640903

Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.107) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002"Rolling Stone (7/25/02, p.74) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Achieves that rare thing for any band - real consistency. It's the band's gift to its broken home, a set of good songs, a lesson in reconciliation."Spin (8/02, p.109) - 6 out of 10- "...They reaffirmed their art-punk cred...this time around, the band square their artier tendencies with their sweet tooth for classic psych-rock, slipping New Yawk punk solos and acid-folk riffs half remembered from old Grateful Dead records..."Entertainment Weekly (12/20-27/02, p.128) - Ranked #7 on EW's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year"Entertainment Weekly (6/28/02, p.142) - "...A near perfect, guitar-shaped phoenix...a balance--between formlessness and structure, melody and cacophony..." - Rating: A-Q (6/02, p.123) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...MURRAY STREET is an essay in coolly assured, sophisticated leftfield rock...full of scintillating tunes....A lightness of touch that renders this their finest album since DAYDREAM NATION."Uncut (1/03, p.97) - Ranked #63 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year"The Wire (06/02, p.53) - "...A joyful return to their No Wave hardcore rock roots with a vibrating set of muscular songs which glide effortlessly from gooey power pop to full on guitarmageddon meltdown..."CMJ (12/30/02, p.8) - Ranked #1 (Album of the Year) on CMJ's "Top 10 of 2002"CMJ (1/6/03, p.20) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time"CMJ (6/24/02, p.5) - "...The strongest rock disc the group has churned out since at least the mid-'90s, and it marks a turnabout from the free-form experimentation of their recent work..."Mojo (Publisher) (7/02, p.92) - "...A disc that interweaves their populist and elitist obsessions with more balance and cohesion than ever..."5.638526