It's just brilliant.  Full text...

Oddball music lovers will love Jim Noir and these 12 sunny, warped, tripped-out songs should hook in plenty of new comers as well. The summers must have CD.  Full text...

Tower of Love is like a cross between a classic 1960s album and half-forgotten children's TV themes; a childlike sense of wonderment running riot amid plangent keyboards and harmonies.  Full text...

The hooks are superb, the vocals oh-so laidback and some of the beats reminiscent of Beta Band.  Full text...

If Tower of Love were an ecosystem, it would resemble California or someplace that doesn't have seasons. So forget subject matter for now-- the album is most childlike in this tonal uniformity.  Full text...

Jim Noir, and his bright warm pop add a ray of sunshine to your day.  Full text...

As a starting point for Jim Noir, 'Tower Of Love' is a tasty entree that merely whets the appetite for the first album proper.  Full text...

It's a distinct type of pop that could become truly memorable when he actually sits down to compose a full album.  Full text...

Every song hits like a sedative, pumping me full of the same decisively British goofball charm and gooey harmonies.  Full text...

Jim Noir is obviously a hugely talented musician and he has made an album that shatters apart to reveal floaty, Simon and Garfunkel-style melodies, weird and wonderful sounds and a heavy does of wit.  Full text...

Jim Noir is as solo as it gets - he plays every damn instrument on this album a la J. Mascis - but what he's come up with on Tower Of Love, his debut album, is just utterly divine.  Full text...

A perfect album for chasing rainy-day blues away with concentrated headphone listening or a soundtrack to a backyard picnic, Noir's the sort of happy-go-lucky popster that we've been sorely missing the past few years.  Full text...

Most of the album is the aural equivalent of swallowing a happy pill, a blast of sunshine on a dark winters day.  Full text...