Down Beat (5/97, p.74) - 4 (out of 5 Stars) - "...ULYSSES' GAZE is [Eleni Karaindrou's] most satisfying and insinuatingly memorable work, with instrumental soloists playing variations on her plaintive, folk-influenced themes over the distant drone of a string orchestra....creates rainy, distinctly Mediterranean atmospheres..."21.14734
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Uncut (6/03, p.115) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Complete with evocative contemporary radio intros, their own compositions such as 'Strange Brew' and 'Tales of Brave Ulysses' stand the test of time....An essential companion to 1997's box set, THOSE WERE THE DAYS..."0.3225315
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Rolling Stone (p.66) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Franz Ferdinand mainly stick to their small, intensely flavorful basics, packing songs with tempo changes and propulsive guitar riffs."Spin (p.85) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "TONIGHT is Franz's boldest attempt at a full-on disco record....TONIGHT is all about the art of the extended flirt."Entertainment Weekly (p.96) - "The mix of Alex Kapranos' louche croon with the band's disciplined racket is still a knockout..." -- Grade: B+Alternative Press (p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The closing 'Katherine Kiss Me' is a plaintive acoustic companion to 'No You Girls,' that's cut from the same heart-on sleeve cloth as SO MUCH BETTER's 'Fade Together.'"Billboard (p.33) - "[T]he album offers plenty of adrenaline, pheromones and stealthy sophistication, thanks to Bob Hardy's driving bass, Alex Kapranos' expressive crooning and the band's unusual ability to make every song sound like a single."Mojo (Publisher) (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Opening track 'Ulysses' makes it intentions clear from the start....[It's] a song about the universal quest for pleasure and escape, a raucous incitement to join them that's hard to resist."Blender (Magazine) (p.61) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The whole album is paced as a soundtrack to a night on the town, starting with the anticipatory come-on of 'Ulysses'...and peaking with 'Lucid Dreams,' eight dazed minutes of electro pop that lurches off the dance floor and bangs into the nearest wall."Clash (magazine) (p.92) - "The album's centerpiece is 'Lucid Dreams' -- possibly the most stunning and ambitious recording Franz have put their name to....Refining and transcending their familiar pop formula, TONIGHT: FRANZ FERDINAND is their most complete work to date."Record Collector (magazine) (p.93) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[W]hat you get remains intrinsically FF: taut and dance-infused, yet still rock....Alex Kapranos' voice is vital."Uncut (magazine) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[L]ead-off single 'Ulysses,' is actually rather terrific, its louche shuffling beat complemented by vampiric snarls and a particularly devilish Kapranos vocal..."0.2606515
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Rolling Stone (p.66) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Franz Ferdinand mainly stick to their small, intensely flavorful basics, packing songs with tempo changes and propulsive guitar riffs."Spin (p.85) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "TONIGHT is Franz's boldest attempt at a full-on disco record....TONIGHT is all about the art of the extended flirt."Entertainment Weekly (p.96) - "The mix of Alex Kapranos' louche croon with the band's disciplined racket is still a knockout..." -- Grade: B+Alternative Press (p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The closing 'Katherine Kiss Me' is a plaintive acoustic companion to 'No You Girls,' that's cut from the same heart-on sleeve cloth as SO MUCH BETTER's 'Fade Together.'"Billboard (p.33) - "[T]he album offers plenty of adrenaline, pheromones and stealthy sophistication, thanks to Bob Hardy's driving bass, Alex Kapranos' expressive crooning and the band's unusual ability to make every song sound like a single."Mojo (Publisher) (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Opening track 'Ulysses' makes it intentions clear from the start....[It's] a song about the universal quest for pleasure and escape, a raucous incitement to join them that's hard to resist."Blender (Magazine) (p.61) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The whole album is paced as a soundtrack to a night on the town, starting with the anticipatory come-on of 'Ulysses'...and peaking with 'Lucid Dreams,' eight dazed minutes of electro pop that lurches off the dance floor and bangs into the nearest wall."Clash (magazine) (p.92) - "The album's centerpiece is 'Lucid Dreams' -- possibly the most stunning and ambitious recording Franz have put their name to....Refining and transcending their familiar pop formula, TONIGHT: FRANZ FERDINAND is their most complete work to date."Record Collector (magazine) (p.93) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[W]hat you get remains intrinsically FF: taut and dance-infused, yet still rock....Alex Kapranos' voice is vital."Uncut (magazine) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[L]ead-off single 'Ulysses,' is actually rather terrific, its louche shuffling beat complemented by vampiric snarls and a particularly devilish Kapranos vocal..."0.2279791
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"KEYHOLE situates itself in the heart of that unconscious where all events are simultaneous and death is never more than a distant rumor."Film Comment "The Lynchian sensibility is underscored by the involvement of Isabella Rossellini....The atmospherics of unease are strong in the black-and-white KEYHOLE, Maddin's first fully digital film."Los Angeles Times0.1095865
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Uncut (p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 - "15 tapestries woven from strands of folktronica, Brechtian operetta and falsetto harlequinade....[OTTO SPOOKY] confirms Momus as a laptop Tom Lehrer."Magnet (p.102) - "OTTO luxuriates in tiny, clicking blip-beats with a sense of synth orchestration."0.09801711
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CMJ - "Their juxtaposition between haunting and happy makes The Japanese Popstars stand out as veritable forces in the RPM world."0.09801711
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Rolling Stone (p.82) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Feel the Pressure' loops a sexy Alex Kapranos proclamation over booming Chemical Brothers-style beats..."0.09801711
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