An extraordinary record. [Mar 2007, p.115]

One utterly badass album. [Jul 2004, p.116]

Takk... [is] a thing of... supple, muscular beauty, throwing off the stultifying air of reverence that has sometimes surrounded them. [Oct 2005, p.116]

Idlewild is a dazzling album. [Oct 2006, p.124]

This record... is brimming with character, easily surpassing their debut, its energy level like a battery charge. [Sep 2004, p.108]

[Danger Mouse's] stunning flourishes... help place Demon Days notches above any vaguely electronic release in recent memory. [Jun 2005, p.104]

Their most coherent statement yet. [Feb 2005, p.100]

Not only do the rhythms here sound tighter and more intensely focused, Murphy's presence as a songwriter and frontman is a revelation. [Apr 2007, p.110]

In a genre considered creatively bankrupt, this is genuinely new metal. [Jul 2003, p.102]

Antics is ridiculously good. [Oct 2004, p.112]

You Could Have... doesn't take you on the journey of highs and lows that the very greatest albums do. Its Greatest Hits feel is both its major strength and its major weakness. [Oct 2005, p.108]

He remains rap's finest storyteller. [Jun 2006, p.115]

Eclipsing last year's Blueprint, it throws down the gauntlet to challengers Murder Inc. [Jan 2003, p.120]

So no, it's not perfect. But Whatever People Say... has that edge, that thrill that comes only when a band have hit the zeitgeist hard and timed the punch to perfection. [Mar 2006, p.102]

A proper soul album which hooks you with the first pneumatic beat and draws you deeper with every heady atmosphere and vivid emotion. [Jan 2004, p.111]

It's terrifically exciting stuff. [Apr 2003, p.101]

Very possibly, an even better album than Elephant. [Jul 2005, p.108]

Her voice is versatile, the beats delicioiusly languid, but it's the songwriting that shines. [Oct 2004, p.129]

Missy and Timbaland give us what we've come to expect--the sexiest, most ear-popping, jaw-dropping fusion of old-school rap tribute, sparse R&B, mutant bhangra, and beat innovation on Planet Pop. [Feb 2004, p.100]

A vibe of maverick playfulness married to fabulous tunes. [Apr 2002, p.106]

It perfectly captures the oscillating other-worldliness of their sound. [Oct 2016, p.110]

What makes Most Messed Up stand out is that Miller's self-aware enough to play with those cliches. [Aug 2014, p.112]

Cinematic, loaded and decadent. [Sep 2003, p.109]

Her voice is a thing of wonder. [Apr 2005, p.123]

While other rappers struggle to maintain consistency across one album per year, Big K.R.I.T. has made his second corker of 2012. [Oct 2012, p.106]

They're back to their trouser-soiling best here, genre-hopping like mad and avidly playing the "long game." [Jan 2016, p.113]

This two-disc set captures R.E.M. in their prime, erasing the memory of their middling final decade. [Jan 2012, p.135]

The result are a joy, exuding the same casual charm that has always characterised his best work. [Sep 2008]