Rolling Stone (p.62) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The U.K. indie band's second album has beefed-up sound and increasingly brilliant, not-at-all-pretentious gems like 'Girls Who Play Guitars'..."Spin (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Maximo Park bring plenty of recognizable spark and smarts to their second album....The record barely pauses for breath..."Q (p.122) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Sandblasted And Set Free' indicates a welcome broadening of their musical palette."Alternative Press (p.149) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "There are flashes of retro-flavored, spirit-of-'79 brilliance, including Duncan Lloyd's spy-versus-spy guitars on 'The Unshockable'..."8.643968
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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.'11.34085
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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.9.186495
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Q (11/03, p.139) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The much-married Queen Of The Blues was always soulful, ever feisty..."8.80144
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3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]horoughly entertaining....It's funny, clever, touching and real."Box Office 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he film is that rare example of rom-com about men, which turns out to be a nice switch indeed....Aniston and Bateman keep things both light and dark when they should, and Robinson's Sebastian steals everyone's heart."Los Angeles Times "THE SWITCH is a pleasant surprise. It's a total formula movie, but the dots that get connected feel new." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly "[A] friendly, offbeat romantic comedy. Bright spots come in performances by Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman as the leads..."Hollywood Reporter "This picture belongs to Jason Bateman....For Bateman, there's no distinction to be made between high and low comedy -- he brings neurotic elegance to everything he does."Movieline 3 stars out of 5 -- "Bateman knocks it out of the park with his physical clowning and easy-breezy bonding scenes with newcomer Thomas Robinson..."Total Film8.134781
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.132) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[They] mix the Stones bad-boy R&B...[with] the psychobilly of The Cramps..."6.745075
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