Appearing in the Feb 21/28 issue of Entertainment Weekly
"A quirky-sweet footnote of a small band, James return with their juicy
follow-up to 1993's popular Laid As before, producer Brian Eno lends a
han, and the result veers from catchy delights (She's a star) to
experimental detours (Greenpeace), before signing off with a dreamwordly
lullaby (Blue Pastures). Whiplash is alterna-pop as its finest. B+
-Josef Woodard.