Thirteenth Step
Granted, Step doesn't have anything as effortlessly flawless as  the classic single "Judith" from the band's last album, but it does have a  number of songs ("Blue," "The Outsider") that are almost as bombastically  beautiful. --E! OnlineSounds more like the dusky thrum of Disintegration-era Cure than  it does any of the members' previous bands. --Rolling StoneThis is a classic 1970s-style headphones record that is both arty  and unusually undisciplined. [Nov 2003, p.108] --BlenderWith greater degrees of deliberate construction than Mers De Noms,  Thirteenth Step is more cohesive band effort, less ad hoc side project. --MOJO