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Q (11/99, p.136) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...his most leftfield to date, as he lets his imagination (and fingers) run free over 13 largely experimental tracks....guitar aficionados will no doubt be marveling at Vai's mastery..."16.88052

Rolling Stone (5/1/97, pp.53-54) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...Songwriter Martin Gore has plenty of dark passion to document....moody, pulsating ballads such as `The Bottom Line' and `The Love Thieves' are ideal vehicles for Gahan's brooding baritone and for the band's ever-increasing sense of tender intuition..."Spin (5/97, pp.110-111) - (6 out of 10) - "...Simeon's pristine production...fits Depeche Mode's need to conceal their age in sleekness. Rather than co-opt drum'n'bass, they do what they've done since VIOLATOR: merge machine aesthetics and corporate machinery into a punkishly forbidding indolence..."Entertainment Weekly (4/18/97, p.66) - "..combines up-to-the-second synth effects...with ripping melodies--all supported by the grim sonic architecture that long ago made DM the darlings of many a sour teen. Imposing spires of synths, industrial rivets of percussion, churchy organs, and grave vocals erect an edifice of reverent dread..." - Rating: B+Q (1/98, p.112) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997."Q (5/97, p.118) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...ranks alongside...BLACK CELEBRATION as their darkest album to date....dry, dislocated, burnt-out and sometimes beautiful songwriting....Gone are the big, roguishly aggressive hooks, replaced by industrialised trip-hop beats...and widescreen spaces..."14.75185

Rolling Stone (5/1/97, pp.53-54) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...Songwriter Martin Gore has plenty of dark passion to document....moody, pulsating ballads such as `The Bottom Line' and `The Love Thieves' are ideal vehicles for Gahan's brooding baritone and for the band's ever-increasing sense of tender intuition..."Spin (5/97, pp.110-111) - (6 out of 10) - "...Simeon's pristine production...fits Depeche Mode's need to conceal their age in sleekness. Rather than co-opt drum'n'bass, they do what they've done since VIOLATOR: merge machine aesthetics and corporate machinery into a punkishly forbidding indolence..."Entertainment Weekly (4/18/97, p.66) - "..combines up-to-the-second synth effects...with ripping melodies--all supported by the grim sonic architecture that long ago made DM the darlings of many a sour teen. Imposing spires of synths, industrial rivets of percussion, churchy organs, and grave vocals erect an edifice of reverent dread..." - Rating: B+Q (1/98, p.112) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997."Q (5/97, p.118) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...ranks alongside...BLACK CELEBRATION as their darkest album to date....dry, dislocated, burnt-out and sometimes beautiful songwriting....Gone are the big, roguishly aggressive hooks, replaced by industrialised trip-hop beats...and widescreen spaces..."14.75185

Q (7/96, p.151) - 3 Stars - Good - "MAMBO FEVER is self-explanatory Latin and cha-cha, wrist-achingly percussive..."12.68889

Q (7/96, p.151) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...MONDO EXOTICA features marimbas, chimes, monkey noises and vibes, much favoured by watusi-mad WWII soldiers home from the South Pacific..."12.67852

Q (Magazine) (p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Zimmerman injects his music with a spark that makes the familiar sound fresh."10.02176

Alternative Press (p.117) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[With] flanged rhythms, kinetic yet varied tempos, and enough anthemic bursts of sanctified electronica to incite a stadium of football hooligans to dance..."Billboard (p.32) - "KALEIDOSCOPE represents a virtual avalanche of personality."Q (Magazine) (p.104) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[His career] will be enhanced by this collection of stadium-size anthems, which proves almost as big a surprise as its guestlist.9.990664

Q (6/01, p.123) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Without a duff tune or weak mix in sight, this is that rare thing: an intriguing, intelligent dance compilation that simply demands to be danced to."CMJ (5/14/01, p.20) - "...There's no denying it: Seaman's tight....riding gorgeous grooves rhythms straight into cosmic funk on disc one, following the course into peak-time prog-house on disc two..."9.990664

Rolling Stone (2/28/02, p.61) - "...A chill-out compilation with substance..."Q (Summer/01, p.115) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Rifling their record collections they come up with voodoo blues, alt.country and full-on David Axelrod-produced craziness..."dMixmag (8/01, p.183) - 4 out of 5 - "...The perfect post-club tonic for most people. It's more chilled than my Krystal cabinet, as varied as a bag of Bombay mix and voodoo like a Barbie doll with pins in her eyes....a killer mix..."9.980302

Spin (pp.72-74) - "SCARS is a return to form....[Their] top-heavy wobble still sways a groove like no other."Billboard (p.84) - "[T]he irresistible start-stop title track features a Kelis vocal over a gothic choir, chopped into syncopated bits."Q (Magazine) (p.107) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Most startling of all is 'Day Of The Sunflowers,' where Yoko Ono offers her wailing over an Eastern rhythm."9.980302

Rolling Stone (p.70) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[H]e reflects on the tangled state of his personal and professional affairs..."Spin (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Dropping a sci-fi dancehall booty song to tempt nonconverts, his furious, frantic monotone dramatically collides with producer El-P's postindustrial beats."Entertainment Weekly (p.161) - "It's his more outraged political rhymes, enunciated over producer El-P's barrel-chested beats, that you'll replay."Q (p.115) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Lif's mental agility and provocative rhymes are matched by the production skill of label boss El-P..."Alternative Press (p.224) - 4 out of 5 -- "Mega's phenomenal beats are delivered mostly by El-P, who twists his familiar grimy drum sounds into an old-school, '80s-Def Jam-vintage swagger."The Wire (p.45) - "[P]robably his most accessible work to date....It marks Lif's stylistic return to the brusque, heavy mental sounds of his debut EP..."CMJ (p.4) - "'Ultra/Mega' ticking with El-P's warped record production, seems like a stand against the three C's -- commercialism, capitalism and consumerism."0.204358

Q (Magazine) (p.145) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Every track bursts with wildstyle invention, 'ON Illusion' seeming to collide DJ Spooky, PiL and The Mighty Boosh."0.1989234

Rolling Stone (p.103) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Songs like the industrial-flavored 'Uprising' prove again that Muse know how to whip up an almighty roar."Entertainment Weekly (p.129) - "The album's best track, 'Uprising,' is a simple slice of glam rock..." -- Grade: BBillboard (p.57) - "The three-part rock symphony 'Exogenesis' closes the album, combining elements of piano and the band's dramatic flair."Q (Magazine) (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]heir new adventures in sci-fi hi-fi are, for the most part, hugely impressive. 'Uprising' is a brilliantly addictive opener..."Clash (magazine) - "From album opener 'Uprising,' a glitter band stomp spliced with the Dr. Who theme, it's classic Muse, Bellamy's voice a thing of wonder as always."Uncut (magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[O]n RESISTANCE, Muse prove that they could be the last in a line of great British rock eccentrics, a trio of mad professors who should be cherished."0.1827454

Spin (12/95, p.123) - 8 - Very Good - "...Oldham's tunes are lovely and thorny, a bible-belt punk response to PJ Harvey's brimstone tangos....purer and wilder than any previous Palace outing....Palace leaves lo-fi country the way Elizabeth Taylor leaves husbands--proving one way to do something new is to hunker down and become weirdly, deeply more of what you already are."Q (9/95, p.118) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Oldham is sometimes artfully artless, there's coherence to this reworking of the restless spirit of country blues..."Melody Maker (12/23-30/95, pp.66-67) - Ranked #30 on Melody Maker's list of 1995's `Albums Of The Year.'Melody Maker (8/12/95, p.34) - Recommended - "...the purest country I've heard since the Cowboy Junkies, but as spare as that band were ornate....Albini's production is pivotal...lending their unassuming strummings a powerful presence without requiring them to resort to the risible, c**try-rock, fiddly f***ery of `Comes A Time'..."NME (Magazine) (12/23-30/95, pp.22-23) - Ranked #50 in NME's `Top 50 Albums Of The Year' for 1995.NME (Magazine) (8/19/95, p.49) - 8 (out of 10) - "...[Will Oldham] has expanded his sound--previously shaky, fragmented meta-country--to a richer mix of strafed and plucked guitars, jagged pianos and humming synths....his trademark croaking voice has strengthened....surreal, allusive and crookedly beautiful..."Uncut (magazine) (p.100) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "1995's magnificent VIVA LAST BLUES is simply recommended to all. Its medium for the most part a warm and even Stonesy folk-rock..."0.1775637

Q (9/00, p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Brings together the best of their work...The union is spiced with pert power pop motifs lifted to dizzy heights by De Main's ultra-catchy arrangements and Felder's warm, welcoming vocals....oozing passion."CMJ (3/27/00, p.32) - "...Their '60s retro vibe is undeniable..."Mojo (Publisher) (12/00, p.118) - "...Unmissable....the songs range from 'Groovy Tuesday', a succulent shuffle, to 'Ordinary Day', a sun-blessed samba, and the waltz into the sunset that is 'Goodbye September'..."0.1748353

Q (p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T[he quartet's allegiances lie closer to Joy Division and post-XTRMNTR Primal Scram....DAS NOT COMPUTE is an album targeted at the factory floor rather than the dancefloor."CMJ (4/04, p.32) - "[B]oasting almost none of the one-dimensional swagger and far more mystery and torment than countrymen like the Hives....DAS NOT COMPUTE makes the stylistic schism even more apparent by cranking up the post-millennial angst..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.115) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A] high-tech, ultra-modern production. Catchy and disturbing, 'Dirty Love' finds them at their most anthemic..."0.1748353

Spin (9/01, p.134) - Included in Spin's "5 Essential Krautrock Records" - "...A bluesless Led Zep. This sprawling 1970 masterwork is half ultra-heavy psychedelic riffology, half tender, rambling improv."Q (Magazine) (p.141) - "[A] double album brimming with ideas and influences from free jazz to Pink Floyd, occasionally endowed with a hard-rock punch..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.153) - "[T]hey stretch out with trippy improvisations featuring walls of feedback and largely intuitive time-changes."0.1748353

Q (4/93, p.91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Van Halen have continued to prosper under the saw-toothed leadership of chief belter and shouter Sammy Hagar....120 minutes of prime time Van Halen from the last seven years..."0.1736476

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.113) - Ranked #62 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...The album has lots of uncertainty, irony and distortion. It also has one of the most beautiful songs U2 ever recorded: 'One'..."Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.50) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the '90s."Rolling Stone (1/9/92, p.50) - 4.5 Stars - Outstanding - "...the band is able to grow confidently and consistently on its own native strengths...few bands can marshal such sublime power..."Spin (p.76) - "From ACHTUNG BABY on, panoramic ballads sat side by side with mini-rebellions..."Spin (9/99, p.128) - Ranked #19 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s"Entertainment Weekly (p.75) - "[E]ssential to understanding the most inscrutable stadium-filling band in history." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly (11/29/91) - "..refreshingly personal - deeper and denser than any of the band's previous releases..." - Rating: AQ (10/01, p.96) - Ranked #9 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime"Q (12/99, p.70) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s"Q (12/91) - 5 Stars - Classic - "...U2's heaviest album to date. And best..." - One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.CMJ (1/6/03, p.16) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time"Musician (12/91) - "...ACHTUNG, BABY is dense, tough and endlessly surprising...a great accomplishment..."Jazziz (Dec.-Jan./92, p.94) - Picked by critic John Dilberto as one of the 10 best albums of 1992.New York Times (Publisher) (1/1/92) - "..Dense, self-serious and overly ambitious: all the things this band is rightfully famous for.."0.172726

Rolling Stone (p.103) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Songs like the industrial-flavored 'Uprising' prove again that Muse know how to whip up an almighty roar."Entertainment Weekly (p.129) - "The album's best track, 'Uprising,' is a simple slice of glam rock..." -- Grade: BBillboard (p.57) - "The three-part rock symphony 'Exogenesis' closes the album, combining elements of piano and the band's dramatic flair."Q (Magazine) (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]heir new adventures in sci-fi hi-fi are, for the most part, hugely impressive. 'Uprising' is a brilliantly addictive opener..."Clash (magazine) - "From album opener 'Uprising,' a glitter band stomp spliced with the Dr. Who theme, it's classic Muse, Bellamy's voice a thing of wonder as always."Uncut (magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[O]n RESISTANCE, Muse prove that they could be the last in a line of great British rock eccentrics, a trio of mad professors who should be cherished."0.1574695

Rolling Stone (1/22/98, p.58) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...soul-soaked, remix-ready roots reggae music....Studio One bass lines, Stax-era horns and organs, and African drums and thumb piano...reshapes time-tested reggae styles...with subtly applied trip-hop trimmings..."Entertainment Weekly (1/9/98, p.70) - "...Quaye's modern reggae orbits somewhere between rock and a heart place. On his alluring debut, Quaye weaves soulful vocals through a tapestry of dynamic guitar, spacey keyboards, and funk beats that resonate both pain and pleasure." - Rating: B+Q (1/98, p.114) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997."Q (3/01, p.130) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...An impressive first album that's still worth revisiting..."Melody Maker (12/20-27/97, pp.66-67) - Ranked #29 on Melody Maker's list of 1997's "Albums Of The Year."NME (Magazine) (12/20-27/97, pp.78-79) - Ranked #42 in NME's 1997 Critics' Poll.0.1549535

Rolling Stone (p.75) - Ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's '10 Best Reissues Of 2011' -- "[O]ne of rock's great acts of rebirth."Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.113) - Ranked #62 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...The album has lots of uncertainty, irony and distortion. It also has one of the most beautiful songs U2 ever recorded: 'One'..."Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.50) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the '90s."Rolling Stone (1/9/92, p.50) - 4.5 Stars - Outstanding - "...the band is able to grow confidently and consistently on its own native strengths...few bands can marshal such sublime power..."Spin (p.76) - "From ACHTUNG BABY on, panoramic ballads sat side by side with mini-rebellions..."Spin (9/99, p.128) - Ranked #19 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s"Entertainment Weekly (p.75) - "[E]ssential to understanding the most inscrutable stadium-filling band in history." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly (11/29/91) - "..refreshingly personal - deeper and denser than any of the band's previous releases..." - Rating: AQ (10/01, p.96) - Ranked #9 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime"Q (12/99, p.70) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s"Q (12/91) - 5 Stars - Classic - "...U2's heaviest album to date. And best..." - One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.Magnet (p.60) - "[A] sexy, sleek and cynical synthesis of playful falsettos, Euro-trash dance grooves, grinding guitar tones...and a hopeless/heartbroken worldview ripped from the chest of Leonard Cohen."CMJ (1/6/03, p.16) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time"Musician (12/91) - "...ACHTUNG, BABY is dense, tough and endlessly surprising...a great accomplishment..."Jazziz (Dec.-Jan./92, p.94) - Picked by critic John Dilberto as one of the 10 best albums of 1992.New York Times (Publisher) (1/1/92) - "..Dense, self-serious and overly ambitious: all the things this band is rightfully famous for.."Record Collector (magazine) (p.103) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "To call ACHTUNG BABY a pivotal release is an understatement....Carbed up on a diet of Bowie, Reed and (at a stretch) Talking Heads, Bono and chums opted for a more arty, corrosive battle plan..."0.1474501

Spin (5/01, p.112) - Ranked #43 in Spin's "50 Most Essential Punk Records" - "...Industrial disco for high school stage-crew guys with tab-a-day acid habits....'Stigmata' is the prototype: gigantic metal riffs, pounding drum machines, distorto vox, and war-movie samples..."Q (12/92, p.149) - 3 Stars - Good - "...a relentless swirl of Motorhead meets Metallica--hurtling rhythms, growled vocals and speeding guitar riffs amid a sea of distorting electro-noise and sampled effects...Raw but riveting..."Alternative Press (8/01, p.112) - Included in AP's "10 Essential '80s Albums".Alternative Press (7/95, p.78) - Ranked #12 in AP's list of the `Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...in the short happy history of industrial rock...there's absolutely no denying that LAND OF RAPE AND HONEY is year zero....A seamless collision of musique concrete, dance music, sampling and heavy metal that expresses the semi-articulate anger of this generation better than any slacker handbook..."Kerrang (Magazine) (p.53) - "[W]ay ahead of its time, marrying repetitive electronics with ultra heavy music."0.1311265

Rolling Stone (p.57) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] has some of the tastiest fuzz-guitar tones recorded in years, and Jimmy Page-worthy chordal riffing..."Rolling Stone (p.104) - Ranked #15 in Rolling Stone's "The Top 50 Albums Of 2006" -- "Andrew Stockdale brings Ozzy-Plant screech...[and] the lyrics are true metal poetry."Spin (p.56) - Ranked #37 in Spin's "The 40 Best Albums of 2006" -- "They balance the tongue-in-cheekiness of their throwback stylings with legitimate tunes."Entertainment Weekly (p.136) - "[T]hey've got a flashy supply of Page/Plant-level mojo....Wolfmother's ultra-confident tracks could unclog rock radio's weakened arteries." -- Grade: A-Q (p.117) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he missing link between Black Sabbath and The White Stripes....Immense fun..."Q (p.117) - Ranked #83 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006."Kerrang (Magazine) (p.49) - "13 straight-ahead rock songs that...morph into strange and visionary flights of fancy that tap the touchstones of prog, folk, garage-rock and metal."Mojo (Publisher) (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Wolfmother have a canny knack for a tune, as they ably demonstrate on the Kyuss-lite stomp of 'Dimension', the post-Zep groove of 'Tales' and the lilting 'Mind's Eye'..."0.1282385

Rolling Stone (p.75) - Ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's '10 Best Reissues Of 2011' -- "[O]ne of rock's great acts of rebirth."Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.113) - Ranked #62 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...The album has lots of uncertainty, irony and distortion. It also has one of the most beautiful songs U2 ever recorded: 'One'..."Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.50) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the '90s."Rolling Stone (1/9/92, p.50) - 4.5 Stars - Outstanding - "...the band is able to grow confidently and consistently on its own native strengths...few bands can marshal such sublime power..."Spin (p.76) - "From ACHTUNG BABY on, panoramic ballads sat side by side with mini-rebellions..."Spin (9/99, p.128) - Ranked #19 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s"Entertainment Weekly (p.75) - "[E]ssential to understanding the most inscrutable stadium-filling band in history." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly (11/29/91) - "..refreshingly personal - deeper and denser than any of the band's previous releases..." - Rating: AQ (10/01, p.96) - Ranked #9 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime"Q (12/99, p.70) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s"Q (12/91) - 5 Stars - Classic - "...U2's heaviest album to date. And best..." - One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.Magnet (p.60) - "[A] sexy, sleek and cynical synthesis of playful falsettos, Euro-trash dance grooves, grinding guitar tones...and a hopeless/heartbroken worldview ripped from the chest of Leonard Cohen."CMJ (1/6/03, p.16) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time"Musician (12/91) - "...ACHTUNG, BABY is dense, tough and endlessly surprising...a great accomplishment..."Jazziz (Dec.-Jan./92, p.94) - Picked by critic John Dilberto as one of the 10 best albums of 1992.New York Times (Publisher) (1/1/92) - "..Dense, self-serious and overly ambitious: all the things this band is rightfully famous for.."Record Collector (magazine) (p.103) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "To call ACHTUNG BABY a pivotal release is an understatement....Carbed up on a diet of Bowie, Reed and (at a stretch) Talking Heads, Bono and chums opted for a more arty, corrosive battle plan..."0.1221743

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Rolling Stone (4/25/02, p.78) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A festive crash of cultures, a Babel of loops and ethnic body language. Dixie, R&B, Bollywodd kitsch, Crooklyn hip-hop, Eurotrash electronics...Singh shakes 'em all up like rats in a box, finding kicks and connection in aggresive pastiche..."Spin (May 2002, pp.122-123) - 6 out of 10 - "...Singh...leads an erratic audio tour of an ultra-contemporary London...[weaving] tracks full of hip-hop corssfades, meandering techno interludes, and cryptic political jibes sung by children's choirs..."Entertainment Weekly (5/3/02, p.86) - "...Cornershop [sound] even more like Quentin Tarantino directing a Bollywood SUPERFLY starring Beck..." - Rating: A-Q (12/02, p.65) - Included in Q Magazine's "The 50 Best Albums of 2002."Q (4/02, p.109) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...A meaty, truly multi-dimensional project...with a chugging, confident heart..."Uncut (1/03, p.97) - Ranked #64 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year"Alternative Press (5/02, p.80) - 8 out 10 - "...A foot-stomping, bum-shaking good time from beginning to end..."CMJ (4/22/02, p.12) - "...Cornershopt still draws from everything and the multi-cultural kitchen sink....this is a fun, multi-dimensional album that unpeels like an onion, revealing one surprise after another..."Mojo (Publisher) (1/03, p.74) - Ranked #13 in Mojo's "Best Albums of 2002"Mojo (Publisher) (April 2002, p.94) - "...[Handcream...] embraces hip hop, funk, house, DJ-style reggae, '70s rock, [and] disco...and still manages to provide a more coherent and enjoyable listneing experience than mainstream dance bods..."NME (Magazine) (3/2/02, pp.23-55) - "...zigzagging between sounds and ideas with a joyous warmth....fizzes by in a flash..."0.1025908

Rolling Stone (p.75) - Ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's '10 Best Reissues Of 2011' -- "[O]ne of rock's great acts of rebirth."Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.113) - Ranked #62 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...The album has lots of uncertainty, irony and distortion. It also has one of the most beautiful songs U2 ever recorded: 'One'..."Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.50) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the '90s."Rolling Stone (1/9/92, p.50) - 4.5 Stars - Outstanding - "...the band is able to grow confidently and consistently on its own native strengths...few bands can marshal such sublime power..."Spin (p.76) - "From ACHTUNG BABY on, panoramic ballads sat side by side with mini-rebellions..."Spin (9/99, p.128) - Ranked #19 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s"Entertainment Weekly (p.75) - "[E]ssential to understanding the most inscrutable stadium-filling band in history." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly (11/29/91) - "..refreshingly personal - deeper and denser than any of the band's previous releases..." - Rating: AQ (10/01, p.96) - Ranked #9 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime"Q (12/99, p.70) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s"Q (12/91) - 5 Stars - Classic - "...U2's heaviest album to date. And best..." - One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.Magnet (p.60) - "[A] sexy, sleek and cynical synthesis of playful falsettos, Euro-trash dance grooves, grinding guitar tones...and a hopeless/heartbroken worldview ripped from the chest of Leonard Cohen."CMJ (1/6/03, p.16) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time"Musician (12/91) - "...ACHTUNG, BABY is dense, tough and endlessly surprising...a great accomplishment..."Jazziz (Dec.-Jan./92, p.94) - Picked by critic John Dilberto as one of the 10 best albums of 1992.New York Times (Publisher) (1/1/92) - "..Dense, self-serious and overly ambitious: all the things this band is rightfully famous for.."Record Collector (magazine) (p.103) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "To call ACHTUNG BABY a pivotal release is an understatement....Carbed up on a diet of Bowie, Reed and (at a stretch) Talking Heads, Bono and chums opted for a more arty, corrosive battle plan..."0.1010706

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