Soft Bulletin

Q Magazine (1/00, p.84) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1999."
Mojo (1/00, p.31) - Ranked #6 in Mojo Magazine's "Best of 1999."
CMJ (1/10/00, p.3) - Ranked #2 in CMJ's "Top 30 Editorial Picks [for 1999]."
Spin (7/99, p.126-7) - 9 (out of 10) - "...THE SOFT BULLETIN may be the most extraordinary rock record you'll hear all year....a symphonic work of fully realized cosmic pop, full of surging sweeping melodicism and expansive, heart tugging tunes..."
Melody Maker (5/15/99. p.36) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...THE SOFT BULLETIN is a smart, snappy record full of great tunes..."
NME (5/8/99, p.38) - 9 out of 10 - "...a joyous, celestial celebration of sound. Rhythmic and piano-laden, it's heavenly in both its conception and execution..."
CMJ (6/28/99, p.5) - "...may be the Lips' most challenging, yet still wonderfully exaggerated and far-reaching to date....The group's spaced-out moments, which came off as compelling little accidents in the past, are now more lucid, moody and colorful than ever..."
Entertainment Weekly (7/9/99, p.78) - "...a vertiginous rainbow swirl that crams so many ideas into so many tight spaces that each track is like a perfectly rendered Joseph Cornell box..." - Rating: A
Mojo (7/99, p.97) - "...a stately parade of sound...Very curious, very gripping, very fine."