Reviews
Ranked #7 in Mojo Magazine's "Best of 1999.", "The arrangements were lush and warm, like sinking into a sun-soaked lawn, and Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding’s lyrics were dripping with detail and sly wit.", 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...full of queer and enjoyable songs....splendid; the band continuing their Beatles-esque mission to imbue pop with intelligence...", "...The gorgeous yet vaguely unsettling arrangements are well suited to the exquisitely flawed humanism of Andy Partridge's and Colin Moulding's composititions, lending an appropriately uneasy edge to these bittersweet tunes..." - Rating: A-, 8 (out of 10) - "...XTC sound fresh and unwired....They know that backtracking usually sounds dubious.", "...how effortlessly pleasurable the work is as a whole....the two of them seems to be united here as never before...", "...an album of refined ambition, employing detailed and decorous arrangements....Partridge's toothy wit has not been filed down..."
