JazzTimes (p.55) - "The album gets off to a promising start with some Herzog originals. The opening 'McJazz' is a romp that imagines a Chet Atkins-Les Paul duet through its swinging, twanging overdubbed guitar parts."10.26167
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CMJ - "Stuyvesant, the high-energy indie rock band from New Jersey, is unabashedly, and refreshingly, forward with its intention to lose all pretenses and just play good rock music."5.807842
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Rolling Stone (p.74) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[Coleman] combines the stark blaze of his mid-Sixties acoustic trios with the doubled momentum of his Prime Time bands. He is in strong, melodic form, too."Entertainment Weekly (p.78) - "Spouting upward-pointed cries, downward-bent moans, and playful squiggly figures....A fountain of sublime ideas." -- Grade: ADown Beat (p.78) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Coleman's mournful ballads have always carried the world's weight on their shoulders. But here, the sadness feels more poignantly personal."JazzTimes (p.92) - "Denardo Coleman's drumming is both propulsive and coloristic, reflecting many years of experience with his illustrious father. Ornette's alto is gnomic, tireless, characteristically semi-sharp..."5.385833
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Pitchfork (Website) - "NEW CHAIN marks the unveiling of a cleaner, more direct sound, thanks to the now-cemented four-piece lineup and improved production."Uncut (magazine) (p.101) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]n Small Black's defense, it's not easy to make music this gloriously supine."4.767006
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.p.142) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[M]uch of the music is joyous and steeped in the raw blues and gospel sounds that shaped the saxophonists's early years. Worth revisiting."4.766827
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CMJ - "NEW CLOUDS is a gorgeous hourlong collection of relaxing electronic minimalism dotted with blinking electric blips and guitar picking that somehow manages to sound wholly organic and in tune with nature"Record Collector (magazine) (p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Moments of blissful tranquillity spiral into avenues of percussive rapture, before atomising into sun-soaked waterfalls of psychedelic rain..."4.750212
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Rolling Stone (p.78) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "NEW MAGNETIC WONDER is full of bright melodies that veer between the Beach Boys and the Kinks..."Rolling Stone (p.113) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "Hypercatchy songs about encountering the eternal and getting your head together..."Spin (p.82) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Simple, catchy, unabashedly cheery -- even while exploring a new musical scale..."Entertainment Weekly (p.76) - "[E]ach of its 24 tracks snaps and crackles with Schneider's sugary, peerless pop." -- Grade: A-Q (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A]nyone who likes their psychedelia flavoured with a hint of bubblegum and a hunk of Jeff Lynne should head straight for 'Energy''s layered harmonies or the widescreen rumble of 'Beautiful Machine.'"CMJ (p.42) - "[T]he band's most expansive production yet makes like caramel on the Apples....A strong return."No Depression (p.113) - "Sweeping melodic hooks cut through densely packed musical arrangements -- Schneider used 96 track of instrumentation on some tunes..."4.747841
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Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.86) - Ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Its luxurious sound conveys a heartbreaking wistfulness..."Rolling Stone (6/22/72, p.56) - "...Brian Wilson's evolutionary compositional masterpiece....This trenchant cycle of love songs has the emotional impact of a shatteringly evocative novel..."Rolling Stone (6/22/72, p.56) - "...Brian Wilson's evolutionary compositional masterpiece....This trenchant cycle of love songs has the emotional impact of a shatteringly evocative novel..."Rolling Stone (6/22/72, p.56) - "...Brian Wilson's evolutionary compositional masterpiece....This trenchant cycle of love songs has the emotional impact of a shatteringly evocative novel..."Spin (p.79) - "Two instrumentals, a sea chantey, strange electronic instruments, and sounds literally designed for pets....Indie and prog rock both start here..."Entertainment Weekly (12/12/97, p.84) - "...A commercial washout at the time of its release, the album has since grown in reputation to the point where pop aesthetes speak of it in hushed tones as the zenith of Brian Wilson's genius, a seamless masterwork that rewards deep, repeated listening....a wonderful collection of songs..." - Rating: A+Entertainment Weekly (12/12/97, p.84) - "...A commercial washout at the time of its release, the album has since grown in reputation to the point where pop aesthetes speak of it in hushed tones as the zenith of Brian Wilson's genius, a seamless masterwork that rewards deep, repeated listening....a wonderful collection of songs..." - Rating: A+Entertainment Weekly (12/12/97, p.84) - "...A commercial washout at the time of its release, the album has since grown in reputation to the point where pop aesthetes speak of it in hushed tones as the zenith of Brian Wilson's genius, a seamless masterwork that rewards deep, repeated listening....a wonderful collection of songs..." - Rating: A+Q (2/91) - Voted the #1 Recorded Music Award for 1990.Q (7/00, p.140) - Included in Q's "The Best Male Angst Albums Of All Time" - "...12 impossibly lush songs that replace The Beach Boys' earlier high school ramalama with the unease and inner hurly-burly of early adulthood..."Q (2/91) - Voted the #1 Recorded Music Award for 1990.Q (7/96, p.133) - 5 Stars (out of 5) - "...A new stereo mix of PET SOUNDS...gives the songs a fantastic clarity, in effect smashing through the Wall Of Sound to bring up instrumental parts that have hitherto been hard to pick out..."Q (2/91) - Voted the #1 Recorded Music Award for 1990.Down Beat (9/90) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "...the music on PET SOUNDS flows as one....clearly demonstrates [that] the Beach Boys were capable of giving music lovers something they could feel very, very good about..."Down Beat (9/90) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "...the music on PET SOUNDS flows as one...clearly demonstrates [that] the Beach Boys were capable of giving music lovers something they could feel very, very good about..."Down Beat (9/90) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "...the music on PET SOUNDS flows as one...clearly demonstrates [that] the Beach Boys were capable of giving music lovers something they could feel very, very good about..."Vibe (12/99, p.162) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th CenturyVibe (12/99, p.162) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th CenturyMusician (2/98, p.88) - "...presenting the landmark recording in a stereo environment for the first time is a revelation, with previouisly `hidden' parts suddenly leaping into the foreground....among the most stunning aspects of the remodeled PET SOUNDS is its dramatically improved fidelity..."Mojo (Publisher) (9/99, p.118) - "You may have heard of this promising combo. Here's one of their earlier albums, and word is it's quite good. The neat wrinkle is that you get the album twice, once in original mono and once in that new-fangled stereo everyone's talking about..."NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #1 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.'NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #1 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #1 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'4.664139
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