Reviews
Listed as one of `Spin's Best Albums of '94' - "...plumbing the moody depths...that swings from spaghetti-western twangathons to sullen cabaret balladry....poignant, beautiful...menacing...", "...The White-Knuckled Confessional Dirges Achieve a Haunting Beauty..."-Rating: B, "...mystery, grace and a sense of place are here in abundance, and the band's collective imagination extends way beyond the race for a front cover in the music press....", 3 Stars-Good, 4 Stars Out of 5-"A Strikingly Maudlin Six-Piece Capable of Producing Beautiful Music...", "...A swirl of guitars, violin, trumpet, vibe and bassoon, Tindersticks' nearly 80-minute debut is mood music of...an anxious variety....Their best tunes...glimmer like dreams.", Ranked #1 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...sprawling, ambitious, faltering, brilliant, romantic, spontaneous, spooky, flawed and delightful....a quiet, candlelit inventory of love sorrows..."