Bad Love

Rolling Stone (7/8-22, pp.146-147) - 3 1/2 Stars (out of 5) - "...typical cast of unsettling characters...gorgeous, hymn-like melodies....The effect is complex and deep in way that only Newman can be, and for that reason alone, BAD LOVE is good to have..."
Spin (9/99, p.195) - 7 out of 10 - "...his third real album in 20 years....it lets him blur the line between himself and his deliberately repulsive characters with a rejuvenated belch..."
Entertainment Weekly (6/4/99, p.81-2) - "...[Newman's] in form with BAD LOVE, which is really an album about bad lonesomeness....His best work has always produced the queasy feeling that he (and you) could relate to his untrustworthy narrators, and there's plenty to identify with..." - Rating: B+
CMJ (7/12/99, p.28) - "...BAD LOVE ranks among his best-sounding albums. Stocked with poignant, tastefully arranged songs about the fall of Marxism and European colonialism...one of his better collection of songs."
Mojo (7/99, p.93) - "...quietly spectacular return to championship form....this eccentric blend of vinegary satire and conversational intimacy remains a blessed thing....Accept no substitute."
Q Magazine (8/99, p.106) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...a rare treat in more ways than one....[Newman's] droll, sardonic lines and pithy satires of the heartless and clueless are sharper than ever....BAD LOVE is [his] best album since SAIL AWAY, and his most accessible yet."