Interpol Turn On The Bright Lights (120GV)

Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002"
Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's list of 2002's "10 Best Debuts"
3 stars out of 5 - "...Their melancholy sound is a thing of glacial beauty....immpeccably tailored..."
Ranked #32 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year" - "...Echoes of Bunnymen, a smidgen of Smiths, lots of Joy Division..."
"...One of the most exciting new sounds of the year..." - Rating: A-
3 stars out of 5 - "...[Their] brooding melodies make for predictably claustrophobic listening....and they have the tunes to match all the mannered gloom."
"TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS revels in minor keys and clear, wiry bass/guitar tones that bring to mind Wire, New Order or early U2..."
Ranked #26 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year"
3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Exhilaration amid the despondency...powerful songs and a light, shoegazey sheen means they frequently soar...A compelling inaugural shot."
Billboard (p.36) - "If Ian Curtis had discovered city living and Prozac, this is the record he would have made."
Ranked #34 in Mojo's "Best Albums of 2002"
"...Reverberant and ominous...flashes of steely-grey beauty..."
8 out of 10 - "...Forget the New York state of mind: Interpol have crossed county lines into new, distinctly Mancunian territory..."