[A] solid sophomore effort. [Nov 2004, p.98]

Grabs you from the opening seconds with a best-of-all-worlds combination of gritty, menacing music and witty, hilarious lyrics. [Nov 2004, p.99]

Too often we get ill-fated experiments in electronic circa 1997 and overly polished replications of their biggest hit to date, "Electrify." [Sep 2004, p.116]

It's all synths, moogs and bass kicking away like a fusion funk machine. [Sep 2004, p.117]

It's mighty moody stuff for a debut, but it's carried off just right. [Nov 2004, p.100]

[A] powerful statement. [Oct 2004, p.101]

Amid all the beaming newness of Radical Connector is something familiar and unsettling. [Sep 2004, p.116]

Done in by fussy, irritating delivery and lyrics that range from clunky moralizing to potshots at easy targets. [Nov 2004, p.98]

Orbital's swan song is a welcome addition to an epic, if uneven, catalog. [Oct 2004, p.104]

A few tracks bump, but for the most part, Lord Jamar's production couldn't make punks jump up, much less get beat down. [Sep 2004, p.114]

The record falters only when Ace recounts a gangster parable about shady dealings with a certain Fats Belvedere. [Sep 2004, p.116]

He sounds darker and more menacing than ever. [Oct 2004, p.105]

More distinctive than the arrangements, though, are Topley-Bird's utterly unique vocals. [Sep 2004, p.117]

Immersive and woozy, brittle yet supple, a twittering, throttling piper of spectral drones. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.126]

For those who used to throw parties, but now have dinners, Kings Of Convenience will bring desert and a bottle of expensive red wine. [Oct 2004, p.103]

Rather spectacular. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.126]

[A] funk dub electro carb-filled gem. [Sep 2004, p.117]

For those who've wondered what The Who's rock operas would sound like if rerecorded by Captain Beefheart and Stevie Nicks, it's time to break the rules. [Oct 2004, p.103]

11 tracks of classic ambient house and melodic decks and EFX exercises. [Sep 2004, p.116]

It's an album crying out for one ounce of originality. [Oct 2004, p.103]

Beans and Subtitle are especially fitting on vocals, since both are as loopy as the beats. [Sep 2004, p.115]

Alternately gritty and bouncy beats by Organized Noize and DJ Sleepy can't quell the sensation of attending a school reunion minus the quarterback. [Jun 2004, p.85]

T3's iconistic delivery and Elzhi's endearing and logistically strong raps hold it down, and collaborations shine brilliantly. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.126]

The real beauty lies in how Iceland's dynamic conditions are mimed in minimalist clicks and cuts, and overlapping swashes of snapping drums, sparkling piano and acoustic guitar. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.124]

Most of Creature Comforts is hypnotic, if hardly soothing, noisemaking. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.124]

Absolutely endearing. [Jul/Aug 2005, p.101]

Signals something of a rebirth of their signature creativity. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.123]

In a case of not fixing what isn't broken, they return with a veritable cornucopia of crossover-ready collaborators eager to see if lightning can indeed strike twice. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.127]