Drowned in Sound’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 291 reviews of 291 albums, going back to 1997, each next to the album’s Breakdown. 291 of them come from Wikipedia ratings boxes, mostly for older albums.
Top critics
- DiS Archive 73 reviews
- Raziq Rauf 9 reviews
- Andrzej Lukowski 7 reviews
- Gareth Dobson 7 reviews
- Mike Diver 7 reviews
44 reviews with no named critic yet.
What it reviews
- Rock 30%
- Indie & Alternative 30%
- Metal & Punk 15%
- Pop 11%
- Electronic 7%
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68average score it gives, on the 0 to 100 scale (291 reviews)
48%of its reviews score an album 75 or higher
21points: how far a typical review lands from its own average score
26albums given a perfect score (8.9% of its reviews)
4A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
101different critics with a byline on its reviews here
47%of its scores landed within 10 points of the other critics’ average for the same album (290 albums)
15points, on average, between its release-week reviews and where the other critics ended up (78 reviews)
How its scores spread
- 0–4950
- 50s25
- 60s33
- 70s43
- 80s82
- 90+58
Its top scores
The KinksMuswell Hillbillies 100 Matthew Slaughter
MetallicaLulu 100 DiS Archive
RefusedThe Shape of Punk to Come 100 Paul Stephen
Killing JokeRevelations 100 Nick Lancaster
ANOHNI and the JohnsonsI Am a Bird Now 100 DiS Archive
MuseAbsolution 100 Andrew Future
UnderworldDubnobasswithmyheadman 100 DiS Archive
Alien Ant FarmANThology 100 DiS Archive
Its newest 200 reviews
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 Animal CollectiveTangerine Reef | Cady Siregar Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 60 | 2018 |
 John ColtraneBoth Directions at Once: The Lost Album | Joe Goggins Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 87 | 2018 |
 TurnstileTime & Space“An impressive genre album” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 74 | 2018 |
 Marilyn MansonHeaven Upside Down“It’s business as usual, but after a decade of disappointment, it’s good to know business is doing wel” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 71 | 2017 |
 Brand NewScience Fiction“A record that values thinking over feeling and challenges its listener to do the same” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 82 | 2017 |
 Steven WilsonTo the Bone | Benjamin Bland Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 74 | 2017 |
 TLCTLC | Philippa Bar Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 64 | 2017 |
 Roger WatersIs This the Life We Really Want?“A raw, jagged-to-the-bone stream of ideas, spat with such ferocity that you forget he’s now in his seventies” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 77 | 2017 |
 ParamoreAfter Laughter“After Laughter isn’t a reinvention. It’s the sound of Paramore casting off the weight of other people’s expectations” | Joe Goggins Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 80 | 2017 |
 Bob DylanTriplicate“While Dylan fans surely miss his original tunes, this honest, affecting tribute to a bygone era of music is a treat in itself” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 80 | 2017 |
 Kid CudiPassion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ | Kellan Miller Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 73 | 2017 |
 Bruce SpringsteenChapter and Verse | Dan Lucas Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 78 | 2016 |
 DJ SnakeEncore | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 65 | 2016 |
 Blink-182California | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 62 | 2016 |
 King Gizzard & The Lizard WizardNonagon Infinity“Their finest body of work to date…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 83 | 2016 |
 Animal CollectivePainting With | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 70 | 2016 |
 Bloc PartyHymns | Dave Hanratty Read the review via Wikipedia | 30 3/10 | 57 | 2016 |
 Cage the ElephantTell Me I’m Pretty | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 78 | 2015 |
 Duran DuranPaper Gods“They’ve not quite spunked all their creativity up the wall” | Luke Beardsworth Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 70 | 2015 |
 Godspeed You! Black EmperorAsunder, Sweet and Other Distress | Andrzej Lukowski Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 83 | 2015 |
 SwansFilth“The best thing about Swans, and especially early Swans, is their sheer nihilism.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 73 | 2014 |
 The KooksListen | Derek Robertson Read the review via Wikipedia | 20 2/10 | 60 | 2014 |
 Judas PriestRedeemer of Souls“Redeemer Of Souls ticks just about every box in terms of an enjoyable heavy metal record.” | Andy McDonald Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 73 | 2014 |
 Ed SheeranX“x offers a few lively embers, but never quite ignites.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 73 | 2014 |
 AnathemaDistant Satellites“This is a band writing accessible, intelligent and passionate rock music of the highest order.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 79 | 2014 |
 MØNo Mythologies to Follow“No Mythologies to Follow is perhaps better taken as a really strong collection of singles (or potential singles) than a complete body of work, but…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 75 | 2014 |
| The KinksMuswell Hillbillies“There’s a case to be made for _Yankee Hotel Foxtrot_, along with _OK Computer_ and the rather more obvious _Modern Life Is Rubbish_ being direct de…” | Matthew Slaughter Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 92 | 2013 |
 MobyInnocents“Not just for dinner parties and Eminem disses after all.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 63 | 2013 |
 The FratellisWe Need Medicine | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 30 3/10 | 56 | 2013 |
 Empire of the SunIce on the Dune | Neil Ashman Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 65 | 2013 |
 The NeighbourhoodI Love You | Kat Rolle Read the review via Wikipedia | 30 3/10 | 50 | 2013 |
 Major LazerFree the Universe | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 68 | 2013 |
 SoundgardenKing Animal“There’s something reassuringly uncompromising about this comeback effort, something almost primal in its stubborn cling to a sound resolutely out o…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 70 | 2012 |
 DeftonesKoi No Yokan“Koi No Yokan is Deftones coming to terms with their own strengths, taking everything that’s gone before, then refining and polishing it to an impos…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 84 | 2012 |
 NicoThe End…“Of the three bleak albums in Nico's late Sixties/early Seventies 'trilogy', The End…, reissued here with a second disc of live and Peel session tak…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 82 | 2012 |
 Steve HarrisBritish Lion“This is a piece of work suited purely for curious die-hards. But fuck it, you can always go and listen to Powerslave.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 30 3/10 | 57 | 2012 |
 Bloc PartyFour | Marc Burrows Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 63 | 2012 |
 Conor MaynardContrast“Conor Maynard is not shy about dropping the phrase “peel my banana” and we’re inclined to let him get away with it.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 65 | 2012 |
 Will OldhamI See a Darkness | Aaron Lavery Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 88 | 2012 |
 Scissor SistersMagic Hour“Scissor Sisters would be infuriating if it weren’t for the force of their full frontal charm offensive.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 63 | 2012 |
 Sigur RósValtari“Valtari might not be a huge digression for the band but that doesn’t matter: this is quietly, entrancingly and thoroughly sublime.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 76 | 2012 |
 The Ting TingsSounds from Nowheresville | Simon Jay Catling Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 57 | 2012 |
 PulpFreaks“There’s not a great deal here you could consider a landing light on the runway towards ‘Babies’, Different Class, ‘Common People’ or Glastonbury ’95.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 53 | 2012 |
 PulpIt | Neil Ashman Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 54 | 2012 |
 PulpSeparations“Separations isn’t essential listening in the way the rest of Pulp’s work from the Nineties is, but its growing pains don’t relegate it to the realm…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 64 | 2012 |
 Enter ShikariA Flash Flood of Colour | John Calvert Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 72 | 2012 |
| MetallicaLulu“Lulu is the second greatest record ever made in the history of the human ear drum. Number One: Metal Machine Music.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 48 | 2011 |
 Nicola RobertsCinderella’s Eyes“Is Nicola Roberts good in her own right, or just better than her peers? Fortunately, on the evidence of this, there’s every chance she’s both.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 74 | 2011 |
 LadytronGravity the Seducer | John Calvert Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 67 | 2011 |
 The KooksJunk of the Heart | James Atherton Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 58 | 2011 |
 ExamplePlaying in the Shadows | Robert Leedham Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 60 | 2011 |
 IncubusIf Not Now, When?“A grand presentation cannot hide the fact that If Not Now, When? is lacking in, well, interest.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 52 | 2011 |
 BlondiePanic of Girls“In a perverse way, Panic Of Girls is a definite return to form for Blondie after an eight year recording hiatus. The kind of form that has seen the…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 56 | 2011 |
 Death GripsExmilitary“Rotten to its core and coming apart at the seams, this mixtape lays waste to your nerves before strapping your adrenalised carcass to a runaway fre…” | John Calvert Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 80 | 2011 |
 YellowcardWhen You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes“Yellowcard are back, and they’ve brought their violin back with them.” | Robert Cooke Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 65 | 2011 |
 MogwaiHardcore Will Never Die, But You Will“Of late, a new Mogwai record has been greeted in a manner not unlike the arrival of a new jumper at Christmas: an initially underwhelming offering…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 75 | 2011 |
 Manic Street PreachersPostcards from a Young Man“For a band so obsessed with invoking their past, you do wish the Manics weren't so reluctant to throw in a bit of the old grit and ardour.” | Andrzej Lukowski Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 74 | 2010 |
 InterpolInterpol“As the final echoes of the trumpet fanfare that closes 'The Undoing' subsides, Paul Banks final resolution of _Interpol_ declares it to be _"The pl…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 64 | 2010 |
 HurtsHappiness | Andrzej Lukowski Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 63 | 2010 |
 KlaxonsSurfing the Void | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 72 | 2010 |
 Scissor SistersNight Work“Nightlife is a pastiche of Scissors Sisters’ former glories that sees the band desperately sewing together the leftover scraps of their idols in a…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 65 | 2010 |
 The Chemical BrothersFurther“Further is at times a thrilling listen and barely puts a foot wrong, yet at a time when electronic music is expanding so quickly, it doesn’t shine…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 70 | 2010 |
| RefusedThe Shape of Punk to Come | Paul Stephen Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 87 | 2010 |
 Two Door Cinema ClubTourist History | Dom Gourlay Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 68 | 2010 |
 LostprophetsThe Betrayed | Richard Wink Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 78 | 2010 |
 Tori AmosMidwinter Graces“Tori’s renditions of the more traditional songs hardly evoke the image of an Amos family Christmas, everyone gathered around the piano sharing well…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 63 | 2009 |
 Biffy ClyroOnly Revolutions“Grandeur suits Biffy Clyro, and their overblown songs manage to tug effectively on heartstrings despite their foibles.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 80 | 2009 |
 Kings of ConvenienceDeclaration of Dependence | Hari Ashurst Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 68 | 2009 |
 Sunny Day Real EstateDiary“So they call this a reunion? Don’t get me wrong, it’s great when your old favourites manage to get back together to bolster their” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 77 | 2009 |
 EditorsIn This Light and on This Evening | Dom Gourlay Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 61 | 2009 |
 KraftwerkRadio-Activity“_Kraftwerkweek_ continues with Kraftwerk's fifth LP, which saw them shed their last remaining rock vestiges and bid a long farewell to their avant-…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 86 | 2009 |
 AFICrash Love“Crash Love is a collection of sounds that falls somewhere between P.O.D. and a fart that's been trapped in a turbo-fx pedal for ten years.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 30 3/10 | 67 | 2009 |
 Father John MistyYear in the Kingdom“The sort of down-at-heel folk baladeering which Tillman specialises in is a popular market to say the least, teeming with over-earnest chancers try…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 66 | 2009 |
 MewNo More Stories…“Where to begin with **Mew**? For over a decade they’ve turned out a heady concoction of rock music, flirting with shoegaze and progressive tendenci…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 83 | 2009 |
 GossipMusic for Men | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 69 | 2009 |
 The LemonheadsVarshons | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 67 | 2009 |
 KasabianWest Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum“As the year of re-evaluation and ultimately re-invention, 2009 has left perennial ladrockers **Kasabian** in something of a quandary…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 60 | 2009 |
 Iggy PopPréliminaires“Peanut butter-covered proto-punk, actor, drug-addled mental patient, rock’n’roll survivor, insurance salesman: **Iggy Pop** has been a lot of thing…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 62 | 2009 |
 Tori AmosAbnormally Attracted to Sin | Ed Miller Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 68 | 2009 |
 Maxïmo ParkQuicken the Heart | Dan Wale Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 66 | 2009 |
 Franz FerdinandTonight: Franz Ferdinand“In the main, _Tonight_ is evidence that after finally settling down with producer Dan Carey, **Franz Ferdinand** have gotten in touch with their or…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 70 | 2009 |
 White LiesTo Lose My Life…“Dom Gourlay says: it's easy to be critical where a band like **White Lies** are concerned, and even after several listens of an album that is as po…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 60 | 2009 |
 RazorlightSlipway Fires“Okay then, hands up, who thinks Johnny Borrell is a prick? Wow… that's a lot of hands. Well, in that case you should totally che” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 46 | 2008 |
 P.O.D.When Angels & Serpents Dance“Eight years on from P.O.D.’s last Grammy Award, and with ever lower chart-placings for the singles – even in America – I’ve finally cleared my back…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 50 | 2008 |
 The FratellisHere We Stand | Tony Robert Whyte Read the review via Wikipedia | 30 3/10 | 51 | 2008 |
 Lykke LiYouth Novels | Alex Denney Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 75 | 2008 |
 LadytronVelocifero | Gareth Dobson Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 73 | 2008 |
 Scarlett JohanssonAnywhere I Lay My Head“For all its accomplishments Anywhere I Lay My Head is too safe, too respectable a record to do justice to an artist who remains forever mid-topple…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 59 | 2008 |
 Fleet FoxesSun Giant | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 85 | 2008 |
 FoalsAntidotes“You have to rewind the best part of a year to find the root of the anticipation that’s bloated about the five individuals that comprise Oxford’s Fo…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 69 | 2008 |
 BauhausGo Away White | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 65 | 2008 |
 Bullet for My ValentineScream Aim Fire“There’s a bit of a scrap going on here, between the inner metalhead and the beret-bonced critic. With 60 years of musical cuisine to mine for ideas…” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 72 | 2008 |
 Cobra Starship¡Viva la Cobra!“As catchy as moments on Cobra Starship’s second album are, it's a hollow affair, packed with cynical pop hooks that have been polished until they s…” | Mike Haydock Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 61 | 2007 |
 StereophonicsPull the Pin | Howling Mad Cpt. Murdock Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 49 | 2007 |
 José GonzálezIn Our Nature | Gareth Dobson Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 75 | 2007 |
 Beach HouseBeach House“Beach House’s debut is not an album for our time; it is one that yearns for a simpler life, for an existence always tinted rose and viewed through…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 72 | 2007 |
 Kate NashMade of Bricks“She put her tracks up on MySpace, full of hope. She got lucky: Lily Allen top-8’ed her and the girl got some music biz buzz. She then graced the pa…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 68 | 2007 |
 Yeah Yeah YeahsIs Is“I appreciate that you probably don’t care about the dry dreams of a 13 year-old Kev Kharas, but I've got the keyboard and I’m gonna inflict them up…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 78 | 2007 |
 ParamoreRiot! | Gareth Dobson Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 67 | 2007 |
 Explosions in the SkyAll of a Sudden I Miss Everyone“As tired as the post-rock genre is, records like All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone are keeping the artform alive, if only by a thread as withered and…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 79 | 2007 |
 Lady SovereignPublic Warning“Louise Harman – for that is the name sewn into Sov’s P.E. shorts – demonstrates throughout this 13-track collection that she’s a totally capable MC…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 72 | 2007 |
 The Whitest Boy AliveDreams | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 74 | 2006 |
 PulpHis ‘n’ Hers“Ten years on from when Pulp were a pop behemoth, Island has released three discs from the band's back catalogue in deluxe format. His 'N Hers is th…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 76 | 2006 |
 Arctic MonkeysWho the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?“Let's get something straight. First and foremost, 'The View from the Afternoon' is quite easily, one of the finest singles of the year.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 56 | 2006 |
 MonoYou Are There | Mike Diver Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 75 | 2006 |
 Band of HorsesEverything All the Time | Bruce Porter Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 76 | 2006 |
 José GonzálezVeneer | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 80 | 2006 |
 MewAnd the Glass Handed Kites | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 82 | 2005 |
 Within TemptationThe Silent Force“I have heard much acclaim afforded to these Dutch goth-rockers over recent months. Swimming in the same vein as Lacuna Coil and Nightwish, Within…” | Raziq Rauf Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 2.5/5 | 69 | 2005 |
 SupergrassRoad to Rouen“They were young, they ran green, Kept their teeth nice and clean, They're growing old gracefully… Alright…or is it?” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 30 3/10 | 74 | 2005 |
 SilversteinDiscovering the Waterfront“Silverstein have returned with the follow up to their rather successful something-core debut, When Broken Is Easily Fixed. Unfortunately their soph…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 20 2/10 | 53 | 2005 |
| Killing JokeRevelations | Nick Lancaster Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 5/5 | 70 | 2005 |
| ANOHNI and the JohnsonsI Am a Bird Now“Antony And The Johnsons are led by New Yorker Antony – actor (he played an androgynous convict in Steve Buscemi’s Animal Factory), artist, but abov…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 86 | 2005 |
 StereophonicsLanguage. Sex. Violence. Other? | Anthony Gibbons Read the review via Wikipedia | 30 3/10 | 57 | 2005 |
 FeederPushing the Senses | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 50 | 2005 |
 Jimmy Eat WorldFutures | Gareth Dobson Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 74 | 2004 |
 FeederEcho Park | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 70 | 2004 |
 Taking Back SundayWhere You Want to Be | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 61 | 2004 |
 MúmSummer Make Good“A tender, smouldering album of drifting, rudderless beauty. Icelandic dreamsters Múm return with their third album.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 67 | 2004 |
 Sufjan StevensSeven Swans“Seven Swans' is a folk record that marches to the drum of an inner devotion. The result: one of the most beautiful releases of 2004.” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 77 | 2004 |
 The NationalSad Songs for Dirty Lovers | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 76 | 2003 |
 Funeral for a FriendCasually Dressed & Deep in Conversation | Peter White Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 75 | 2003 |
 M83Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts | Gareth Dobson Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 80 | 2003 |
| MuseAbsolution | Andrew Future Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 81 | 2003 |
 The KillsKeep on Your Mean Side | Michael Irvine Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 74 | 2003 |
 Melanie CReason“One of the most sickenly obvious things unsigned bands tell you when you ask “what sorta music are you into?”, is that they will inevitably reply,…” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 30 3/10 | 40 | 2003 |
| UnderworldDubnobasswithmyheadman“Before he was shouting "lager lager lager!" on that song wot became famous cos it was on a film soundtrack ('Trainspotting', lest you forget), Unde…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 87 | 2003 |
 Robbie WilliamsSwing When You’re Winning“The idea of a Robbie Williams album of 'swing' music 'ironically' playing off the name of his last album seems like the kind of lame joke that Cann…” | Michael MacLennan Read the review via Wikipedia | 10 1/10 | 56 | 2001 |
 Lenny KravitzLenny | Graham Reed Read the review via Wikipedia | 10 1/10 | 63 | 2001 |
 Puddle of MuddCome Clean“Puddle of Mudd have a mass of work to do if they’re to follow in the footsteps of fellow Durst endorsed rockers, Staind. If musical quality is anyt…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 57 | 2001 |
 StaindBreak the Cycle“Unless you’ve been living on the moon as of late, you will have heard of Staind. Fred Durst’s big guns that have taken America by storm and on list…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 52 | 2001 |
 Robert MilesOrganik“Enter Robert Miles, most famous as the do-er of ‘Children’ – with that hit single, silly! So it is or rather was a big Ibiza anthem, maybe that fac…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 73 | 2001 |
| Alien Ant FarmANThology | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 78 | 2001 |
 StereophonicsJust Enough Education to Perform | James Kimmitt Read the review via Wikipedia | 20 2/10 | 60 | 2001 |
 AerosmithJust Push Play“It's been four long years since Aerosmith released their 'Nine Lives' opus on to an unsuspecting public, that slowly sold by the proverbial truck-…” | Terry Bezer Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 59 | 2001 |
 At the Drive-InAcrobatic Tenement“$600….What could I get for $600? According to the poor man's ebay, buyandsell.com, for this princely sum I could have a sixteen inch fibre glass…” | DiS Archive Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 81 | 1997 |
 Melvins(A) Senile Animal“How wonderfully appropriate an album title for the woolly mammoths of sludgy, seedy, grainy, gaudy, rolly, polly, stingy, syrup-y metal that keeps…” | Grant Purdem Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 74 | |
 Black Sabbath13 | John Moores Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 71 | |
 Panic! at the DiscoA Fever You Can’t Sweat Out | Mike Diver Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 59 | |
 DeftonesAdrenaline | Colin Weston Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 71 | |
 Sum 41All Killer, No Filler | Terry Bezer Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 70 | |
 Joey Bada$$All-Amerikkkan Badass | Jack Doherty Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 76 | |
 Roger WatersAmused to Death | Gavin Miller Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 81 | |
 EditorsAn End Has a Start | Dom Gourlay Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 70 | |
 SugababesAngels with Dirty Faces | David Merryweather Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 70 | |
 Gym Class HeroesAs Cruel as School Children | Victoria Durham Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 60 | |
 Killswitch EngageAs Daylight Dies | Raziq Rauf Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 84 | |
 PlaceboBattle for the Sun | Clare Joslin Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 59 | |
 PinkBeautiful Trauma | Jamie Otsa Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 63 | |
 Fall Out BoyBelievers Never Die – Greatest Hits“As way of an introduction to the band, _Believers Never Die_, provides you (yes, you, the one who had previously shunned them so quickly) the optio…” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 75 | |
 Alice in ChainsBlack Gives Way to Blue | Richard Hanscomb Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 79 | |
 PlaceboBlack Market Music“Number 3. The mysterious, precise, evenly shaped; number 3. Yet, strangely, it's been the downfall of many a band – Cast, Oasis, Counting Crows, Ma…” | Dale Price Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 65 | |
 MastodonBlood Mountain | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 80 | |
 Cocteau TwinsBlue Bell Knoll | Gen Williams Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 78 | |
 Less Than JakeBorders & Boundaries“Yeh! A new Less Than Jake album! It doesn’t seem that long ago since ‘Hello Rockview’ was released but LTJ are back with another 15-tracks of bounc…” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | not yet | |
 Marilyn MansonBorn Villain | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 52 | |
 ParamoreBrand New Eyes | Paul Stephen Gettings Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 76 | |
 SlayerChrist Illusion | Mike Diver Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 72 | |
 Ryan AdamsCold Roses“This is Ryan Adams today: heart hung from his guitar like a trophy, head still stinging from too many bottles of red and stood in front of a microp…” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 72 | |
 In FlamesCome Clarity | Raziq Rauf Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 79 | |
 KraftwerkComputerwelt | Chris Power Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 88 | |
 The OffspringConspiracy of One | James Kimmitt Read the review via Wikipedia | 20 2/10 | 53 | |
 Alkaline TrioCrimson | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 80 | |
 EnyaDark Sky Island“Getting a new Enya album is akin to irregular visits from a far-flung, eccentric relative” | Christopher McBride Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 78 | |
 UnderoathDefine the Great Line | Raziq Rauf Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 70 | |
 Brand NewDeja Entendu | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 82 | |
 Kid RockDevil Without a Cause“Kid Rock’s second major label contribution comes in the form of the Devil Without A Cause, his first being Grits Sandwiches For Breakfast which cam…” | Mark Marsh Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 66 | |
 Bruce SpringsteenDevils & Dust | Toby Jarvis Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 90 | |
 Fear FactoryDigimortal | Nick Lancaster Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 73 | |
 Ozzy OsbourneDown to Earth | Terry Bezer Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 78 | |
 Paul McCartneyDriving Rain | James Westfox Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 73 | |
 Will OldhamEase Down the Road“**Bonnie “Prince” Billy**, RE-ISSUES: _Ease Down the Road_ (2001), _Master and Everyone_ (2003), _Greatest Palace Music_ (2004), “Now Here’s My Pla…” | Alexander Tudor Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 81 | |
 Ryan AdamsEasy Tiger | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 71 | |
 Marina DiamandisElectra Heart | Krystina Nellis Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 57 | |
 KraftwerkElectric Café | Chris Power Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 50 | |
 Black Eyed PeasElephunk | Chris Nettleton Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 72 | |
 Pet Shop BoysElysium | Jon Clark Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 63 | |
 Tears for FearsEverybody Loves a Happy Ending | Tom Edwards Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 55 | |
 Porcupine TreeFear of a Blank Planet | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 86 | |
 The VerveForth | Dan Wale Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 67 | |
 MewFrengers | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 85 | |
 Manic Street PreachersGeneration Terrorists | Andrzej Lukowski Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 83 | |
 Busta RhymesGenesis | Chris Nettleton Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 74 | |
 OpethGhost Reveries | Raziq Rauf Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 94 | |
 SlayerGod Hates Us All | Terry Bezer Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 79 | |
 Monster MagnetGod Says No | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 73 | |
 Good CharlotteGood Morning Revival | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 46 | |
 Alkaline TrioGood Mourning | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 70 | |
 Death GripsGovernment Plates | George Bass Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 76 | |
 Little BootsHands | Andrzej Lukowski Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 71 | |
 Black SabbathHeaven and Hell | Joseph Stannard Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 93 | |
 Marilyn MansonHoly Wood | Dale Price Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 79 | |
 The WeekndHouse of Balloons | David Pott-Negrine Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 83 | |
 Dolly PartonI Believe in You“It’s hard to turn up the nose at the moral message which is at the core of the songs” | Jamie Otsa Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 55 | |
 My Chemical RomanceI Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 70 | |
 Calvin HarrisI Created Disco | Mike Diver Read the review via Wikipedia | 10 1/10 | 52 | |
 BauhausIn the Flat Field | Dom Gourlay Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 88 | |
 RancidIndestructible“Dedication. That’s what I call it. I’ve been a huge fan of Rancid since I first heard 'Rats In The Hallway' on 'punk o rama 3'. I bought all the…” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 73 | |
 SlipknotIowa“There’s something going on when moms and dads bring their kids to a night out. It ain’t a Steps or hear’say gig. It’s a slipknot playback. I don’t…” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 73 | |
 The Dillinger Escape PlanIre Works | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 84 |