UNCUT *** Nigel Williamson
A powerful narrative writer with big potential
CLASSIC ROCK ***** Hugh Fielder
Detached & lucid
MOJO *** Fred Dellar
An immaculately produced example of the singer-songwriter’s art
THE GUARDIAN *** Caroline Sullivan
The Virginia Woolf sleeve-note quotes are aimed squarely at the Varnished Floorboards Massiv who will certainly nod excitedly
BIG ISSUE *** Dorian Lynskey
Beth Orton after a course of vitamin pills
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *** Simon Price
INDEPENDENT Andy Gill
Classy almost to a fault
THE LIST ***
Mid period Costello charm
BIG ISSUE ***** Album of the Week
INVERNESS COURIER Calum Mcleod
Somewhere between the dreamy mood of Canada’s Sarah McLachlan and the vocal power of Scotland’s Eddie Reader...Romantically melancholic
BIRMINGHAM POST Mike Davies
From the Heart Down - a track that cries out to be a Radio 2 featured single and quite possibly, the lever that will crack wide the dividing wall between cult and star
LOGO **** Michael Ornadet
MacNaughton’s writing is finely observed and powerful – an insight surely available only to those who’ve been there
YORKSHIRE POST ****
An enthralling storyteller
TIME OUT Levers Pulleys & Engines is a sterling work of passion, poise and eloquence in song
BOB HARRIS BBC R2 A wonderful, wonderful album
UNPEELED
Night Into Day … the best track Elastica never did
