This is thrilling, incontrovertible evidence of a major new talent in our midst. [Mar 2006, p.102]

What they achieve here is hard to get right: lush, summery music-for-pleasure that sounds effortless. [Album of the Month, Sep. 2002, p.92]

Since I Left You fuses dozens of different styles -- and over 600 lovingly reconfigured samples -- into one riotously enthusiastic, awesomely seamless whole. [May 2001, p.116]

It is Kweli's diligently intelligent worldview, dextrous wordplay and often breathtaking flow that enrapture. [Jan 2005, p.96]

There's not a single weak link on this excellent record. [Aug 2005, p.100]

A satisfying, and often very moving, body of work. [Dec 2001, p.100]

Compare this latest instalment of vivid, left-wing existentialist pop with past triumphs like Mars Audiac Quintet and Emperor Tomato Ketchup, and it's every bit as good. [Apr 2006, p.102]

This time Linkous lets his gift for fractured folk song to resonate without encumbrance from freaky noise slugs. The results are sensational. [Jul 2001, p.98]

For those new to Sylvian's work or for those who tuned out after Tin Drum, this welcome career cherry-picker serves as a perfect portal to discover some of the most haunting and beautiful music of the last two decades.

Nothing here is naive or inaccessible. [Jun 2013, p.89]

A noble addition to the Giant Sand canon. [Sep 2004, p.96]

(I)NC's pop-punky take on early Deep Purple-ish blues-rock is elegantly streamlined by Rubin's lucid production. [Sep 2004, p.104]

It signals the charged completion of a circuit, the final bridging of a gap between conductors. [Aug 2012, p.91]

The upbeat rockers certainly pull no punches. ... Better still, some gentler tunes reveal his more vulnerable side. [Nov 2017, p.95]

The Window Is The Dream initially seems opaque, but keep looking through and all becomes beautifully clear. [May 2023, p.92]

As Is Now may be his finest and most consistent record since 1993's Wild Wood; possibly even since the days of The Jam. [Nov 2005, p.100]

It's all funny, sardonic, heartfelt and loveable. [Apr 2006, p.106]

They sound joyous even when they're miserable. [Oct 2006, p.96]

The resulting fusion suggests nothing less than an Eastern Astral Weeks. [Feb 2020, p.94]

He and his band sound focused and spry over eight beautifully arranged songs produced by Jackson and Pat Dillett. [Feb 2019, p.90]

All told: here's blues, raw'n'alive. [Sep 2023, p.83]

They do an excellent if eccentric job of evoking the pixelated ineffability of, well, existence itself. [Apr 2021, p.86]

Eccentric yet accessible avant-electronica. [May 2021, p.88]

It's charming, understated and has to be heard in context. [Oct 2007, p.100]

A dizzying tapestry of rave, Chicago footwork, jungle, hip-hop and soulful pop. [Aug. 2011, p. 104]

A lively fusion of politically conscious Afro-beat electro pop. [Apr 2017, p.99]

The music swings again, even if Currie's damning viewpoint hasn't lightened. [Jun 2021, p.87]

A more charming and seductive album you're unlikely to hear this year. [Nov 2008, p.116]