Decent tracks but ultimately not enough for me stay interested for long.

A diplomatic comment is this was not for me. I’ll stick with that.

Many superb tracks and even the weaker songs are very good. Quality follow up to the brilliant Blue Weekend, consistently excellent band.

Thought provoking lyrics throughout , the usual sumptuous vocals, masterful melodies, stunning instrumentation, atmospherically gorgeous. The most criminally underated band of all time in my eyes,. If you have not heard of the Antlers listen to all of their back catalogue, geniuses.

But a bad album but a few songs I don’t like and compared with masterclasses of LP1 and Magdaline this is a big step down in quality, in my opinion.

Sublime and engrossing from start to finish. Vocals as always from Beth are exquisite, production is superb and all are great songs with 3 or 4 outstanding. Some nods to Portishead throughout which I love.

Two great songs but the rest are good, ok or average, in my opinion. Lots of potential but would prefer it if they concentrated on singing rather than spoken word, too much of that on this album puts me off.

Excellent from start to finish with some moment of brilliance throughout. As always with this artist fantastic production and an immersive sonic experience.

Very good songs all the way through, consistent as always, but not as good as her previous 2 albums.

Although this is clearly the most commercial album The National have released it’s still packed full of quality. As always the song writing is tremendous and the lyrics are great.

A tremendous album full of great tracks, quite a few of them flawless. Stunning vocals, amazing production and brilliantly crafted songs. Great stuff.

This album has many excellent tracks, great vocals, well constructed songs and top class production. Enjoyable from start to finish although it does take a bit of dip in quality in the middle for a few tracks, in my opinion.

All tracks pretty good or very good but nothing exceptional.

The album is consistently very good from start to finish but it still a little bit disappointing it’s not up to the standard of My Woman which was tremendous. Her voice is gorgeous on this album though and I enjoyed it quite a lot.

Some excellent songs, some very good songs, some good songs and a few average ones. Not the best Bjork album of her career but she shows flashes of her class throughout.

Bland vocals, ok instrumentation, ok melodies and awful lyrics. Maybe if I was younger than 12 I could appreciate this but definitely not at my age.

The music on the album is good and as usual Beyoncé’s voice is great but the excessive swearing and sexual lyrics are annoying to me. Compared to Lemonade this is a huge step backwards, in my opinion.

Some excellent tracks and the rest are pretty good too. Cannot fault the vocals, love the experimentation of the sound and the lyrics are also interesting. I liked the album quite a lot but ultimately could not ‘get into it’ but this band clearly has huge potential.

The first time I heard this album some of the songs took my breath away and the others I found intriguing. After many listens now I can advise anyone reading this that (in my opinion ) it is a sublime album full of superb songs. In places the album is harrowing, the overall subject matter of this concept album is grim, but also there are also moments of tenderness and vulnerability that have moved me to tears. Ethel’s voice is a delight, her tone and range is pretty much flawless. The ... read more

Consistently good throughout but nothing exceptional and the lyrics are quite banal.