Rolling Stone (8/30/01, p.128) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Exquisite...music so technically demanding its creators had to call in A-list session players to realize the sounds they heard in their heads but could not play....AJA [is the]frustration and failure at the heart of the party."Q (6/00, p.131) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Sleek, smart, deliciously cynical...Lyrically opaque and using the best musical back-up in the business, this was the Steely Dan album that effectively ring-fenced jazz-funk forevermore....what rich entertainment still."20.97667
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Record Collector (magazine) (p.85) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "It's a fascinating and recommended listen."18.02679
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Q (2/02, p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Settles into Fela's jazzy Afrobeat groove for a classic anti-military broadside..."Vibe (12/99, p.164) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century - "...hypnotically grooved '70s records by the Nigerian Afro-beat superstar whom James Brown called 'The African James Brown'..."Vibe (12/99, p.164) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century - "...hypnotically grooved '70s records by the Nigerian Afro-beat superstar whom James Brown called 'The African James Brown'..."15.1833
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Spin (2/96, pp.85-86) - 8 - Very Good - "...Petty's pure rock is always there as an option, shining up your backyard when you're sick and tired of trends and experiments....It's the voice of a rock pack-rat into everything from Elvis to Nirvana..."Q (1/96, p.148) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...One of the most intuitively coherent of American heartland rock'n'roll groups....The Heartbreakers' back catalogue has strength, depth and longevity..."Village Voice (2/20/96) - Tied for #7 on the Reissues list of Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.10.96528
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Q (6/92, p.94) - 3 Stars - Good - "..Vince Gill is a fine guitarist and solid songwriter...Gill transforms ordinary material into riveting confessions.."10.96528
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Rolling Stone (3/10/94, p.67) - "...suggests that the group's greatest strength wasn't writing or playing but arranging..."Q (2/94, p.109) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...Steely Dan is the closest pop has come to the acid wit of Wilde and Coward and Vidal...."Melody Maker (1/8/94, p.29) - "...Steely Dan were no more nihilistic than The Stooges. It's just that, instead of Rolling Stones riffs and Chuck Berry solos, Becker and Fagen used East Coast Jazz, Latin rhythms, saccharine harmonies and choruses worthy of Burt Bacharach or Hollywood musicals..."10.96528
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Rolling Stone (4/30/92, p.56) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Lovett's fourth, bleakest and most resonant album....Its major artistic progression lies in the more intimate balladry, which is distinguished by sharper writing and more precise emotional nuance than Lovett has previously displayed..."Spin (12/92, p.69) - Ranked #14 in Spin's list of the 20 Best Albums Of The Year. - "...Lovett uses the rubric of country music as a cloak for some of the most intelligent, introspective pop around..."Spin (5/92, p.80) - Highly Recommended - "...worth the wait...familiar country'n'blues turf..."Q (5/92, p.79) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Lyle Lovett is just a regular mixed-up kind of guy who happens to make very classy records that don't sound like anybody else..."Down Beat (8/92, p.46) - 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "...Lovett again flashes the kind of deliciously wicked wit and musical eclecticism that have branded him as an outsider in Nashville....The pure, naked emotion of these slice-of-life tales cuts directly to the heart..."Dirty Linen (Dec./Jan. 92-93, p.54) - "...the most appropriate music to frame [Lovett's] considerable lyrical gifts..."Musician (5/92, p.90) - "...consider this a winner on all counts..."Village Voice (3/2/93, p.5) - Ranked #24 in the Village Voice's list of the 40 Best Albums Of 1992.10.96528
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Entertainment Weekly (11/18/94, p.108) - "...Strait has too much grace to make a bad album..." - Rating: B10.96528
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Spin (10/93, p.105) - "...[Meat Loaf's] back with an album whose only concession to contempory requirements is backing vocals by Nelson...Loaf pumps enough fervor into [Jim Steinman's] mania to kick Andrew Lloyd Weber's flabby white butt back to the family mansion..."Spin (10/93, p.105) - "...[Meat Loaf's] back with an album whose only concession to contemporary requirements is backing vocals by Nelson...Loaf pumps enough fervor into [Jim Steinman's] mania to kick Andrew Lloyd Webber's flabby white butt back to the family mansion..."Spin (10/93, p.105) - "...[Meat Loaf's] back with an album whose only concession to contempory requirements is backing vocals by Nelson...Loaf pumps enough fervor into [Jim Steinman's] mania to kick Andrew Lloyd Weber's flabby white butt back to the family mansion..."Q (p.158) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]ts myriad charms have remained immune to aging....Everything here has a sense of magic."Q (1/94, p.83) - Included in Q's list of 'The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - "...when singer and song merge--as is often the case--the results are life-enhancing...."Q (10/93, p.112) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...truly, [BAT OUT OF HELL II] is the genuine follow-up to the most over-the-top rock album of all time...as a mad, crunching stadium rock album, it's probably the best thing of its kind you'll hear this year..."Q (1/94, p.83) - Included in Q's list of 'The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - "...when singer and song merge--as is often the case--the results are life-enhancing...."Q (10/93, p.112) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...truly, [BAT OUT OF HELL II] is the genuine follow-up to the most over-the-top rock album of all time...as a mad, crunching stadium rock album, it's probably the best thing of its kind you'll hear this year..."10.96528
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Entertainment Weekly (8/16/96, p.63) - "...he still packs a three-minute performance with enough surprises, enough effortless virtuosity, to make you shake your head, amazed again." - Rating: B+Q (11/96, p.126) - 3 Stars - Good - "...he can still turn his hand to the real art of tear-jerkin' country balladeering..."Musician (11/96, p.94) - "...Jones returns to true crying-in-his-beer form on this outing....unmatched delivery and tonality."10.96528
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Q - 4 Stars - Excellent7.786567
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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..."7.764393
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Q - 4 Stars - Excellent - "..one of the most enjoyable soundtracks for ages.."7.675697
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Q (8/93, p.112) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...over 70 minutes of high-octane moaning from Hooker's more coherent catalogue...the set stands up well for both blues anthologists and '60s enthusiasts alike..."Mojo (Publisher) (10/01, p.169) - "...This filleting of the years from 1965 to 1974 includes his pointed, poignant 'Motor City is Burning' as covered by the MC5..."7.675697
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Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.72) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."Rolling Stone (3/10/94, p.65) - 3 1/2 Stars - Good Plus - "...Raul Malo hints at Roy Orbison's scary sadness...country music that kicks...it's with [the originals] that Malo hits jukebox pay dirt--songs with the deep thrust of the earliest rock & roll...."Spin (12/94, p.76) - Ranked #7 in Spin's list of the `20 Best Albums Of '94' - "...barroom honky-tonk, stretching back to pre-strings Nashville and forward only as far as the Boss..the extraordinary Raul Malo, the finest rhythm-country-and-blues singer in the land, hands down..."Spin (3/94, p.78) - "...The real magic lies in the melodies...what does count is the way the music makes you feel...The Mavericks possess perhaps the most impressive singer in country music [Raul Malo]..."Q (11/94, p.115) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Falling on the country side of country-rock, The Mavericks are more aware of Stetsons and saddles than The Jayhawks or The Gin Blossoms, reminding the listener of a band of aggressive Dwight Yoakams..."Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #35 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.New York Times (Publisher) (1/5/95, p.C15) - Included on Neil Strauss' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...An album that comes on like a new friend with a familiar face."7.675697
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Uncut (5/04, p.116) - "[The Heartbreakers] drop deftly into some sleek western swing, gliding from the speakers like a silver streamliner hurtling across Texas."7.675697
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Rolling Stone (11/89) - Ranked #92 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Albums Of The 80s" survey.7.675697
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