Some tracks, the fulfilling "External Key," the sure "Voices" and "Athena," and a wondrous version of Dido's "Don't Leave Home," come alive with G&D's trademark sound—a harmonic, ceramic ringing and a clean, rhythmic accompaniment; other tracks are dead on arrival. 2004

As part of the acclaimed Balance series, this Holden creates stretches of decidedly repetitive electronica but also an absolutely marvelous sequence: "Fortune-Telling Fish, Curled to Suggest Home," "You Are Sleeping (PQM Meets Luke Chable Vocal Pass)," "These Days," and "Leaving You Behind," each song blending, DJ-style, into the other. 2004

Features the strong lyric stances, rich composition, and virtuosic carry-through that justify Depeche Mode's popularity, with the dirge-like "Mercy In You," the passionate "Judas," and the vast "Higher Love." 1993