Music Review Archive
Looking Closer provides two
varieties of music reviews: in-depth article and brief capsule
reviews. In this index, in-depth reviews are marked with an
*.
Annual Favorites
Looking Closer's
Favorite
Recordings of 2002
Looking Closer's
Favorite
Recordings of 2001
Looking Closer's
Favorite Recordings
of 2000
Various Artists and Soundtracks
O Brother, Where Art Thou?-
original soundtrack
*
(2000)
U2 and various artists -
The Million Dollar Hotel
* (2000)
various artists - Roaring Lambs
* (2000)
Music Review Archive
Alphabetical by Artist
A
Ryan Adams -
Gold
* (2001)
Daniel Amos - Mr. Buechner's
Dream
B
Beck -
Midnite Vultures
* (1999)
Beck -Sea
Change
* (2002)
Andrew Bird and the
Mysterious Production of Eggs
*
(2005)
David Bowie -
1.Outside
David Bowie -
hours...
* (1999)
David Bowie -
Heathen
* (2002)
Kate Bush - Aerial
*
(2005)
C
Peter Case
-Flying Saucer Blues
Cat Power
-
You Are Free (2003)
Nick Cave
and the Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
*
(2005)
Nick Cave - Murder Ballads
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
No More Shall We Part
* (2001)
Bruce Cockburn -
Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu
* (1999)
Bruce Cockburn -
The Charity of Night
* (1999)
Bruce
Cockburn -
You've Never Seen Everything
(2003)
Coldplay -
A Rush of Blood to the Head
*
(2002)
Leonard Cohen -
Ten New Songs
* (2001)
Elvis Costello -
When I Was Cruel
* (2002)
Elvis
Costello - All This Useless Beauty
Elvis Costello -
North (2003)
Cracker -
Forever
* (2002)
The Cure -
Disintegration
D
Tanya Donelly -
Beautysleep
* (2002)
Bob Dylan -
Time Out of Mind
* (1999)
Bob Dylan -
Love and Theft
* (2001)
Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
E
Evanescence -
Fallen (2003)
F
Feist - Let It Die
*
(2005)
Bill Frisell - Ghost Town; Gone, Just Like a
Train
G
Peter Gabriel -
Long Walk Home
*
(2002)
Peter Gabriel-
Up
* (2002)
Peter
Gabriel - 1, 2, 3 / Security / Birdy / So / Passion / Shaking the Tree / Us
H
Emmylou
Harris -
Red Dirt Girl
* (2000)
Emmylou Harris -
Wrecking Ball
Emmylou Harris -
Stumble Into Grace
PJ Harvey -
Is This Desire?
* (1999)
PJ Harvey - Stories
from the City, Stories from the Sea
* (2000)
Joe Henry - Scar
I
The Innocence Mission
-
Befriended (2003)
The Innocence Mission -
Small Planes
* (2001)
The
Innocence Mission - Birds of My Neighborhod *
(2005)
The
Innocence Mission - Umbrella / Glow / Birds of My Neighborhood
The Innocence Mission - Now the Day is Over
*
(2005)
Iron
and Wine - Our
Endless Numbered Days
*
(2005)
J
Mick Jagger -
Goddess in the Doorway
* (2002)
K
L
Daniel
Lanois - Shine * (2003)
Lone
Justice - Lone Justice / Shelter
M
Bill Mallonee
-
Perfumed Letter (2003)
Aimee Mann -
the Magnolia
Soundtrack
* (2001)
Aimee Mann -
Bachelor No. 2
* (2001)
Maria McKee -
High Dive (2003)
Maria McKee -
Life is Sweet
Sarah McLachlan -
Surfacing
* (1999)
Natalie Merchant -
Ophelia
* (1999)
Buddy and Julie Miller -
Buddy and Julie Miller
*
(2001)
Buddy Miller -Midnight
and Lonesome
* (2002)
Moby
-
Play
* (2000)
N
O
Sinead O'Connor -
The Lion and the Cobra / I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got / Am I Not Your
Girl? / Universal Mother / Faith and Courage
Sinead O'Connor -
Faith and Courage
* (2000)
Over the Rhine - Drunkard's Prayer
*
(2005)
Over the Rhine -
Films for Radio
* (2001)
Over the
Rhine - Patience / Eve / Good Dog Bad Dog
Over the
Rhine -
Ohio
(2003)
P
Pavement - Crooked Rain,
Crooked Rain
Pedro the Lion -
Control
* (2002)
Pedro the Lion -
Winners Never Quit
* (2000)
People You Meet -
People You Meet* (2003)
Don Peris -
Ten Silver Slide Trombones
* (2001)
Sam Phillips -
Zero Zero Zero
* (1999)
Sam Phillips -
Fan Dance
* (2001)
Sam Phillips - A
Boot and a Shoe * (2005)
Sam Phillips
- The Turning / Martinis and Bikinis / Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound,
Lambchop)
Postal Service -
Give Up (2003)
Cat
Power - You Are Free * (2003)
Q
R
Radiohead -
Amnesiac
* (2001)
Radiohead
-
Hail to the Thief
(2003)
Radiohead - Kid A
* (2000)
Radiohead -
OK Computer
* (1999)
The Ragbirds - Yes Nearby
*
(2005)
R.E.M. -
Reveal
* (2001)
R.E.M. - Life's Rich
Pageant / Document / Green / Out of Time / Automatic for the People/ Monster
/ New Adventures in Hi-Fi / Up
S
Charlie Sexton -
Cruel and Gentle Things
*
(2005)
Michelle Shocked -
Deep Natural
* (2002)
Michelle
Shocked - Kind Hearted Woman
Jane Siberry
- Hush
Paul Simon -
The Rhythm of the Saints
Paul Simon - You're the One
* (2000)
Sixpence None the Richer-
Divine Discontent
* (2002)
Sixpence None the Richer -
Sixpence None the Richer
* (1999)
Sixteen Horsepower
-
Olden
Sixteen
Horsepower - Secret South
Slowtrain -
Escape the Sun
Spiritualized -
Let It Come Down
* (2002)
Bruce Springsteen
- The Rising
*
(2002)
Sufjan Stevens-
Illinois
*
(2005)
Sting - Nothing
Like the Sun / The Soul Cages / Ten Summoner's Tales / Mercury Falling /
Brand New Day
T
They Might Be Giants
- Flood
U
U2 - All That You Can't
Leave Behind
* (2000)
U2
-
Pop
* (1999)
U2 - War / The
Unforgettable Fire / The Joshua Tree / Rattle and Hum / Achtung Baby / Pop
/
U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
*
(2005)
V
Suzanne Vega -
Songs in Red and Gray
Suzanne Vega
- Suzanne Vega / Solitude Standing / Days of Open Hand / 99.9F / Nine
Objects of Desire
W
Tom Waits -Alice
* (2002)
Tom Waits -
Blood Money
* (2002)
Tom Waits -
Bone Machine
Tom Waits - Real Gone
*
(2005)
Suzanne Vega -
Songs in Red and Gray
* (2001)
Gillian Welch -
Hell Among the Yearlings
* (1999)
Gillian Welch - Time * (The
Revelator)
* (2001)
Wilco - A Ghost is Born
* (2005)
Wilco -
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
* (2002)
Lucinda Williams -
Essence
* (2001)
Lucinda
Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
-
World Without Tears
(2003)
X
Y
Neil Young -
Silver and Gold
* (2000)
Z
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