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Dirty Linen (06-07/03, p.90) - "...Throws the clock back to the great soul era of Wilson Pickett, Joe Tex, and Otis Redding....gut-driven intensity that is guaranteed to have you on your feet and dancing..."Living Blues (3/03, p.64) - "...This is a heartfelt, musically invigorating, and refreshingly adult soul/blues statement that manages to be funky, driving, sexy and spiritually uplifting without self-consciousness..."6.798345

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CMJ (1/27/03, p.25) - "...With riffs fired off like a round of semiautomatic ammunition..."6.186019

Rolling Stone (4/20/95, p.80) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...A soundtrack for those British rave hordes who dodge Tory truncheons, MUSIC FOR THE JILTED GENERATION thrills initiates with a political buzz Americans might miss. But the Prodigy's hard-core techno generates universal dance fever....Truly trippy..."Spin (9/99, p.150) - Ranked #60 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."Alternative Press (4/95, p.84) - "...JILTED GENERATION throws much darker shapes than its predecessor. Moreover, it slams harder and rawer and covers more ground--21st century hip hop, Latin funk, horror trance, Vapourspace-like ambient--in addition to their usual crowd-pleasing, hi-NRG tekno. Thumbs up for the use of guitar and flute, too..."Option (7-8/95, pp.129-131) - "...the Prodigy jolts an industrial sensibility with techno drive and then rides the seemingly endless grooves until we're numb...for intensely pumping dance music, this album has more life than most..."Q (Magazine) (p.117) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Inspired by Rage Against The Machine, Dr. Dre and European techno, Howlett set out to make everything as hard and heavy as possible....Even now, the whole album sounds amazing: lean, hard and vicious."Mojo (Publisher) (p.56) - Ranked #83 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "One-man Bomb Squad Liam Howlett was a breakbeat maker without peer."NME (Magazine) (12/24/94, p.22) - Ranked #9 in NME's list of the `Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'Record Collector (magazine) (p.83) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Under the booming breakbeats, thrash guitars and inflammatory soundbites Howlett's,supernova's upernova talent was on overdrive..."6.0298

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Rolling Stone (3/14/02, p.71) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...she's got severely coquettish charm....[her] most discotronic disc, is fast, full of old-fashioned hooks and newfangled techno hiccups....Entertainment Weekly (3/1/02, p.80) - "Disco lives! [Kylie] coos her way through...retro-dance smash..." - Rating: B+5.632137

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Rolling Stone (5/11/00, p.131) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A sober, brutally visceral experience....This is one ball of aggression that hangs together, thanks to the band's smarts and funk. Just call XTRMNTR the BATTLE OF LONDON."Entertainment Weekly (5/19/00, p.74) - "...Mixes thunderous big beats and red-alert synth squalls into a loose concept album that rails against political oppression and other evils....the U.K.'s most adventurous pop band-turned-white-noise addicts." - Rating: B+Q (7/01, p.90) - Included in Q's "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time".Q (1/01, p.93) - Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000".Q (3/00, p.110) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...a darkly uncompromising and often difficult record: uneasy, sinister and, in layman's terms, a bloody racket....anyone with the first notion about rock'n'roll will catch thye whiff authentic mayhem here....as avant-garde as the mainstream gets..."Alternative Press (11/00, p.144) - Included in AP's "10 Essential Political-Revolution Albums"Alternative Press (5/00, p.75) - 4 out of 5 - "...a Baskin-Robbins shop that makes 31 flavors of amphetamine sulfate instead of ice cream: each flavor is totally wired and totally tasty..."Magnet (1-2/01, p.45) - Included in Magnet's "20 Best Albums of 2000" - "...Hypnotic, frenzied songs...reinvigorate tired pop standards and introduce a new world order..."The Wire (1/01, p.34) - Included in Wire's "50 Records Of The Year".CMJ (1/08/01, p.17) - Included in CMJ's "Best of the Year" for 2000.CMJ (5/00, p.67) - "...They've ratcheted up the intensity quite a bit this time around....loud, kinetic bass and keyboards, a menacing mix of abrasive squeals, block-rockin' beats and post-'Blue Monday' electropop..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.59) - Ranked #65 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "[A] harsh marriage of pounding electro and speaker-blowing punk rock..."Mojo (Publisher) (2/00, p.87) - "...a continuation of that sub-basement tapes attitude, frayed memories of revolutionary music...crafted into a rare kind of discordant anti-pop malevolence....Brutal, aggressive [and] subterranean..."NME (Magazine) (12/30/00, p.77) - Rated #2 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year [2000]".NME (Magazine) (2/14/00, p.44) - "...obligatory, heavy, urban and set out to take the strain of a world at war with itself. Their finest music since SCREAMADELICA set an early high-water mark, and in dealable quantities, there was even jazz, too. Trrfc."5.530561

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Entertainment Weekly (4/18/03, pp.70-71) - "...17-track retro-fest that seriously outfunnies the folk-spoofing film..." - Rating: A-5.239926

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Rolling Stone (5/13/99, pp.79-80) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."Rolling Stone (3/9/95, p.66) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...Assertive rhythms and quirky production save Portishead from languishing in any coy retro groove. Instead they manage yet another--very smart--rebirth of cool..."Spin (p.134) - "[They] combined odd sample noises and instruments with haunted vocals....A perfect pop album."Spin (9/99, p.140) - Ranked #42 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."Spin (3/03, p.118) - "...Turntable wicky-wicky, film-noir theremin, hammer dulcimers, and the tearful vocals of Beth Gibbons...Entertainment Weekly (11/18/94, p.108) - "...mixes cocktail keyboards, spaghetti-western guitars, eerie tape loops, and dub-wise rhythms into what could be called `acid cabaret'....as musically compelling as it is emotionally chilling..." - Rating: A-Q (12/99, p.82) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."Q (6/00, p.66) - Ranked #61 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums"Q (10/94, p.125) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...perhaps this year's most stunning debut album..."Alternative Press (7/95, p.116) - "...On their debut, instrumental wunderkid Geoff Barrow and torch vocalist Beth Gibbons draw on grooves from Isaac Hayes to the present to create dark, dense tracks that inspire gentle rocking instead of frantic pumping..."Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #14 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.Mojo (Publisher) (p.62) - Ranked #35 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "[S]loping beats, inventive samples and freaky melodies create an unsettling emotional topography."Mojo (Publisher) (1/95, p.50) - Included in Mojo's "25 Best Albums of 1994" - "...A stunning, stylish first album."New York Times (Publisher) (1/5/95, p.C15) - Included on Neil Strauss' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...The eeriest and most original dance-music album of the year."NME (Magazine) (8/12/00, p.29) - Ranked #29 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums" - "...An easily accessible, but still richly emotional new sound for the beginning of the '90s."NME (Magazine) (12/24/94, p.22) - Ranked #6 in NME's list of the `Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'5.1199

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Uncut (p.83) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's rough and ready serrated rock, flush with unapologetic guitar flash from Daniel Ash..."Alternative Press (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The rhythm section of the Haskins brothers is rock-hard, while guitarist Daniel Ash, allegedly using Jimi Hendrix's original Vox wah wah pedal, sounds fantastic."Kerrang (Magazine) (p.47) - "[With] penetrable, hooky and even foot-tapping fare..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Daniel Ash, whom Murphy lately gifted Jimi Hendrix's original Vox wah wah pedal, spirits up mighty, spacious riffs, groovily backed by David J and Kevin Haskins."The Word (magazine) (p.100) - "'The Dog's A Vapour' is the oldest number here, and has it all: squealing guitar, stalking bass, rattling drums and a blood-hastening baritone recital from Pete Murphy..."5.036595

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Down Beat (p.59) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Longtime American expatriate Alvin Queen plays with a snap and sizzle that make MIGHTY LONG WAY a joyful celebration from start to finish."4.919407

Q (5/02 SE, p.135) - Included in Q's "100 Best Punk Albums".4.836754

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NME (Magazine) (11/17/01, p.48) - 7 out of 10 - "...Another tidy junglist-modernist mix album..."4.751687

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Rolling Stone (p.76) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "[T]he North African influences and trip-hop touches are deployed in the service of thunderous blues-based rockers and pretty pastoral ballads....Plant's inner black dog is howling again."Uncut (p.110) - 4 stars out of 5 - "A record of considerable depth, admirable adventure and surprising passion."Mojo (Publisher) (p.60) - Ranked #19 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[With] Arab strands, ZEP III pscyh-folk and Thor's hammer rock."Mojo (Publisher) (p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 - "MIGHTY REARRANGER is arguably Plant's most Zeppelinesque solo work to date....Plant's determination not to rest on his laurels has served him well here..."4.503388

Q (12/00, p.148) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Inspiration to us all..."Q (7/95, p.146) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...It's lopsided as far as the chart hits go, but the high standard of songwriting seldom falters."NME (Magazine) (6/3/95, p.50) - 7 (out of 10) - "...Occupying the difficult middle ground between Annie Lennox and Courtney Love, Moyet is your classic torch singer who likes cock fighting....This compilation...has all the singles on it, including the Yazoo ones, in the right order..."4.475584

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Mojo (Publisher) (p.105) - 3 stars out of 5-- "Currie's lyrics lift the proceedings into a different level as he examines human flaws, foibles and mortality..."4.230725

Uncut (01/03, p.132) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...This double gathers 39 steps to greatness: all the kinky glam and Berlin angst hits, plus the '80s floor-fillers..."4.170994

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Rolling Stone (p.126) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[C]rafted with care and talent....BORN IN THE U.K. has some lovely idiosyncratic moments..."Q (p.136) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he sweeping piano-led melodies, Gough's powerful belief in family and his warm croon transform regret into hard-won optimism....A hugely moving affirmation of life."Alternative Press (p.188) - "Tracks like 'Nothing's Gonna Change Your Mind' and 'One Last Dance' are fun reminders that Gough's whimsical pop chops are still in working order..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.100) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "This is a collection of melodic, quality pop songs that lean to the grown-up side of things, with a reflective singer given to nostalgia and the kind of unease felt when 99 per cent of everything seems all right."4.170994

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.120) - Ranked #102 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "[H]e played with a heated melodic enthusiasm - flying clusters of notes - that declared new possibilities for jazz improvisation..."Down Beat (1960) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "...[Coltrane] has managed to combine all the swing of Pres with the virility of Hawkins and added to it a highly individual, personal sound as well as a complex and logical, and therefore fascinating, mind...tag this LP as one of the important ones..."JazzTimes (11/94, p.88) - "...essential for all serious jazz collections....The culmination of 'Trane's sheets-of-sound period...GIANT STEPS brought the chordal improvising of bebop to its breaking point..."4.170994

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Rolling Stone (1/23/97, pp.62-63) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...combining jolting beats, pristine melodic fragments and random noises into elegant--if at times unnerving--futuristic pop....manipulates his infinite palette of tweaked synth tones like a classical composer arranges a string section..."Spin (2/97, p.88) - 7 (out of 10) - "...in bringing dreaded Meaning to a genre born to deny it, James again removes all bets on what DJ music might become....This is the touching sound of another shut-in boy genius disappearing down his own ear canals in an effort to connect with the world..."Entertainment Weekly (1/31/97, p.58) - "...his quirkiest, most personal work....If machines could joke or cry, this is how they would sound."- Rating: A-NME (Magazine) (12/21-28/96, pp.66-67) - Ranked #20 in NME's 1996 critic's poll.4.143728

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Entertainment Weekly (4/27/01, p.118) - "...Captures her earnest fascination with LAtinmusic, but it's just as much a product of her dry British humor....her songs express endless disappointment in love matched to melodies that won't quit..." - Rating: ACMJ (4/30/01, p.28) - "...Inspired largely by Cuban and Brazilian music, with added dazzle from MacColl's pop flair and cheeky wit dancing amid a shower of Latin grooves..."4.075824

Rolling Stone (4/11/02, p.108) - Ranked #49 in Rolling Stone's "50 Coolest Records".Rolling Stone (1/03/02, p.119) - Ranked #8 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 2001".Rolling Stone (10/11/01, pp.89-90) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Pure New York rock & roll: all gray-pavement aggression wrapped in black-leather cool....The music leaves no doubts - more joyful and intense than anything else...heard this year."Rolling Stone (4/11/02, p.108) - Ranked #49 in Rolling Stone's "50 Coolest Records".Rolling Stone (1/03/02, p.119) - Ranked #8 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 2001".Rolling Stone (10/11/01, pp.89-90) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Pure New York rock & roll: all gray-pavement aggression wrapped in black-leather cool....The music leaves no doubts - more joyful and intense than anything else...heard this year."Spin (1/02, p.77) - Ranked #18 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001" - "...Super-catchy songs that make you wanna pogo...the male Elastica!"Spin (1/02, p.77) - Ranked #18 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001" - "...Super-catchy songs that make you wanna pogo...the male Elastica!"Entertainment Weekly (12/28/01, p.136) - Ranked #1 "Album of the Year".Entertainment Weekly (9/28/01, pp.71-2) - "...A blur of sooty grit and grind..." - Rating: A-Entertainment Weekly (12/28/01, p.136) - Ranked #1 "Album of the Year".Entertainment Weekly (9/28/01, pp.71-2) - "...A blur of sooty grit and grind..." - Rating: A-Q (9/01, p.120) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...A breathless, goggle-eyed, assuredly brilliant album...it works wonders."Q (9/01, p.120) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...A breathless, goggle-eyed, assuredly brilliant album...it works wonders."Alternative Press (2/02, p.65) - Ranked #25 in AP's "25 Best Albums of 2001".Alternative Press (2/02, p.65) - Ranked #25 in AP's "25 Best Albums of 2001".Magnet (12-1/02, p.57) - Included in Magnet's "20 Best Albums of 2001".Magnet (12-1/02, p.57) - Included in Magnet's "20 Best Albums of 2001".CMJ (10/15/01, p.6) - "...One big rock'n'roll orgy..."CMJ (10/15/01, p.6) - "...One big rock'n'roll orgy..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.63) - Ranked #33 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "Rattled together hastily, The Strokes' debut captured the Bowery-basement cool of 'their moment'."Mojo (Publisher) (1/02, p.69) - Ranked #3 in Mojo's "Best [40] Albums of 2001".Mojo (Publisher) (9/01, p.97) - "...A heartily uplifting brew of scruffy street style, swear words and stammering pop tunes which sweat musical history...and sound infuriatingly easy to make..."Mojo (Publisher) (1/02, p.69) - Ranked #3 in Mojo's "Best [40] Albums of 2001".Mojo (Publisher) (9/01, p.97) - "...A heartily uplifting brew of scruffy street style, swear words and stammering pop tunes which sweat musical history...and sound infuriatingly easy to make..."NME (Magazine) (12/29/01, p.59) - Ranked #1 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001".NME (Magazine) (8/25/01, p.49) - 10 out of 10 - "...Concise and elegant rock music by 5 young men....Indispensable....There's nothing unnecessary here..."NME (Magazine) (12/29/01, p.59) - Ranked #1 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001".NME (Magazine) (8/25/01, p.49) - 10 out of 10 - "...Concise and elegant rock music by 5 young men....Indispensable....There's nothing unnecessary here..."4.069924