Stereolab Dots and Loops (2-CD)

3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...moving ever further away from the one-chord drone mesh of its early days....DOTS AND LOOPS fleshes out its rhythms with a range of hybridizations....Amazing stuff..."
8 (out of 10) - "...DOTS AND LOOPS trip up its relentless groove with finely textured tracks that seem to float in place and space....It's a less blissed-out journey, but their most audacious music."
"...Cynics may dismiss the band's mix of smoothed-out sambas, limpid lullabies, and dreamy drones as highbrow Muzak, but you don't need a degree in musicology or semiotics to fall under the spell of these seductive melodies." - Rating: A
Ranked #38 on Melody Maker's list of 1997's "Albums Of The Year."
"...fabulously fluid, so light and plain lovely....[Stereolab] trails its elegant hands again in the warm waters of French sixties pop, Latino jazz, and Muzak."
Village Voice (2/24/98) - Ranked #29 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.
Ranked #26 in NME's 1997 Critics' Poll.
8 (out of 10) - "...DOTS AND LOOPS...is the most coherent, consistent and downright comfortable Stereolab opus to date. It is also their most full-on pop album so far....the best Stereolab album yet."