"Timbuktu's Songhoy Blues are probably the most succesful of the post-Tinariwen bands and it's easy to see why: they rock! This, their second album, demonstrates the advantages and disadvantages of their mainstream success. There's a stylistic variety here not always to be found on the more roots desert blues releases, with nice little instrumental touches (brass, a violin) that work better than you might imagine. On the down side, they sometimes sound as though they're straining to fit into standard rock dynamics and the less said about Iggy Pop's knuckle-gnawingly cringe-worthy spoken word contribution, the better"