Dust

Rolling Stone (1/23/97, p.44) - Ranked #7 on Rolling Stone's list of the "Ten Best Albums" of 1996.
Village Voice (2/25/97) - Ranked #38 in the Village Voice's 1996 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.
Melody Maker (12/21-28/96, pp.66-67) - Ranked #13 on Melody Maker's list of 1996's `Albums Of The Year.'
New Musical Express (12/21-28/96, pp.66-67) - Ranked #6 in NME's 1996 critics' poll.
Rolling Stone (7/11-25/96, p.86) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...Screaming Trees have finally made the album they've always had in them..."
Spin (8/96, p.96) - 7 (out of 10) - "...the knack Lanegan shares with his late friend Kurt Cobain--for writing a tasty pop hook despite himself--shines throughout. Real '60s psychedelia rarely sounded this explosive..."
Q Magazine (8/96, p.127) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...they continue to keep faith with sonic swirl and murk....the most successful moments tend to be when they ease up and give Mark Lanegan's languid voice room to manoeuvre..."
Melody Maker (7/6/96, p.43) - Recommended - "...It sounds like distilled thunder. It sounds as if the elements have been harnessed--for you, in service of your anomie--and fed through a mixing desk. It's a silken, baritone rumble, a cruise-controlled cyclone. Frankly, it's a marvel..."
New Musical Express (7/6/96, p.36) - 9 (out of 10) - "...It's rock, kids, with all the grandiose ambition we should routinely demand but so rarely gets delivered....DUST is Seattle's saving grace; the sound of rock 'n' roll in heaven..."
Option (11-12/96, p.128) - "...it's the big ol' rock'n'roll masterbrew we always knew the Trees were capable of. The band can still scream-and kick and flail; the Conner brothers can still throttle the sweet bejesus out of their guitars; and Barrett Martin is still a drum-thwacker to reckon with..."
Entertainment Weekly (7/12/96, p.58) - "...Mark Lanegan's fluent baritone lofts lyrics about thorns, halos, Jesus, prayer, the Gospel, love, and death--all above a powerful fire and brimstone of guitar chords, pounding drums, and an occasional gossamer sitar or organ. The result is spirited and spiritual..." - Rating: A