The Strokes guitarist sets out alone and discovers his inner sweetness  Full text...

Throughout "Yours to Keep" Hammond fills songs with wiry melodies and piercing guitar lines just like The Strokes  Full text...

On Yours to Keep, Hammond doesn't surpass his main gig's rock'n'roll peaks, but he's still exasperatingly above average. What do the rest of us gotta do?  Full text...

What this album suffers from is a lack of balls.  Full text...

Admitting that some of the material that makes up his first solo album had been rejected by the Strokes may not have been the wisest move by the band’s guitarist, but such innocent openness seems appropriate on hearing Yours to Keep.  Full text...

It's fair to say that in the list of 'fantasy solo albums', Albert Hammond Jr's probably wouldn't be top of the list. Firstly, there's the danger that it could lead to the break up of The Strokes, and secondly, surely Julian Casablancas or Nick Valensi would produce a more intriguing solo prospect. Albert Hammond Jr? Well, he's just the rhythm guitarist isn't he?  Full text...

It’s a consistent, professional album containing little of the Strokes’ gristle and it ultimately sounds like a particularly well-produced pop-rock album with a shelf life of about two weeks. Those oddsmakers are professionals, you know…   Full text...