Rhythm & Stealth

Mojo (1/00, p.30) - Ranked #34 in Mojo Magazine's "Best of 1999"
Muzik (1/00, p.69) - Ranked #9 in Muzik's "Albums Of The Year '99"
Rolling Stone (10/28/99, pp.103-4) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Leftfield welcome you to the darkside....RHYTHM AND STEALTH pingpongs from funk to hip-hop to techno to ambient whirs and fizz....it makes for a mind-melding headphone adventure."
Q Magazine (9/99, pp.98-9) - 3 stars (out of 5) - "...it sounds incredible....mid-paced dub workouts, dancefloor assaults and ambient interludes appear in roughly the same ratio this time round....On the functional tracks - whether chillout lullabies or dance stompers - Leftfield...prove [they] can still make a party go with a swing, or persuade everyone to calm down before something gets broken..."
Mojo (10/99, p.99) - "...A good album rather than a life-changer, then, but when the drums kick in on Guinness ad soundtrack 'Phat Planet', you'd forgive Leftfield anything."
Alternative Press (11/99, p.108) - 4 out of 5 - "...they haven't lost any of [their] genius....Leftfield create no two songs alike..."
Muzik (10/99, p.96) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...RHYTHM & STEALTH is awesome....[Its] devotion to pushing the sonic boom barrier becomes increasingly rewarding..."
CMJ (1/10/00, p.20) - Included in CMJ's "RPM '99 Top 5" - "...Dub, breakbeat, electro, techno and trip-hop are the chapters of [the album's] complete comprehensive story..."