Spin (p.92) - "[I]t's a big-idea album that feels small and personable, even as it's kicking you in the shin."Mojo (Publisher) (p.95) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he last-minute-on-Earth urgency makes it gauchely thrilling..."Paste (magazine) (p.58) - "These heart-on-sleeve polemics are bookended by soliloquy and recitations of Abraham Lincoln's speeches that pop and hiss....An album that's both uncompromisingly bleak and impossible to ignore..."Pitchfork (Website) - "New Jersey's Titus Andronicus split the emotional atom with anthemic chants, rousing sing-alongs, celebrations of binge drinking, marathon song titles, broken-hearted duets, punked-up Irish jigs, and classic rock lyric stealing."Clash (magazine) - "Some of the riffs are quite incredible, and the general effect of the whole album is that the listener will want to weep and dance simultaneously. Simply brilliant."The Rolling Stones (p.72) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he band fires away, all martial snares, raging guitars and spit-spraying hollers, punk noise carved by folk roots."12.71397
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Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.58) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."Rolling Stone (10/1/92, p.63) - 3 Stars - Good - "..With its wave after wave of rhythmic innovation, US hints at catharsis...[It] can be heard as a combination of its immediate predecessors: The western firepower of SO meets the Eastern earthiness of PASSION.."Spin (10/92, p.111) - Highly Recommended - "..fresh, accessible...It's a testament to Gabriel's universal voice that most tracks on the album evoke both a private moment and a plea for world peace.."Entertainment Weekly (7/12/02, pp.84-5) - "...Nicely rounds out his catalog...revealing a surprisingly logical progression...Gabriel sharpens his writing and expands his sonic scope with every release..." Rating: B+Q (1/93, p.71) - Included in Q's list of the 50 Best Albums Of 1992.Q (11/92, p.102) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "..disregard all suggestions that this is an `adult' album, designed for sensitive, musicologically correct, vaguely troubled fortysomethings. US is, first and foremost, start to finish, a truly wonderful blast.."Musician (10/92, p.102) - "..[Gabriel] has never sounded better...filled with the longing of a middle-aged man who finds himself alone...songs with a cold wind blowing through them.."Jazziz (Dec.-Jan./92, p.94) - Picked by critic John Dilberto as one of the 10 best albums of 1992.Audio Magazine (12/92, p.148) - Sound: B - Performance: A- - "..possibly Gabriel's most personal album...reveals more details, sonically and emotionally, with each listening.."Mojo (Publisher) (6/02, p.126) - "...Sustained 3's level of inspiration and craftsmanship....Gabriel constantly demonstrated a wonderful ear for choosing, from his quincontinental mental archive, sound and rhythm that did the job, no artsy farting about..."New York Times (Publisher) (9/23/92, p.C14) - "..pure 90's material. Not only does it mix standard pop instrumentation with instruments and musicians from around the world, but it's wrenchingly confessional.."NME (Magazine) (10/24/92, p.36) - 5 - Fair - "..a vague affair...staggers under the weight of its own earnestness.."4.542616
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