A not insignificant triumph.   Full text...

In the main, Donaghy's lyrics have matured nicely. Instead of the endless "What does it all meeeean?"-type diary-scribblings of her last effort, we've got a fairly convincing catalogue of lost lovers, non-committal lovers, and in the largely acoustic, Dolly Parton-flecked "12 Bar Acid Blues", even a shaggy dog story about fleeing to Mexico only to end up in Moscow and ultimately jail. She's getting there. And it's much better than Mutya's album.  Full text...

Ghosts is perhaps more consistent than Revolution in Me but the highs, with one exception, stretch our heroine no further than where she was way back when.  Full text...

When Siobhan Donaghy left what was to become the 'most successful British girl group' (surely only a tag previously owned by Bananarama?) it seemed for most like career suicide. Solo Siobhan was going to be an uphill struggle. Hey! She might even go into Overload?....Oh dear. But after one lukewarm debut and a whole lot of waiting comes Ghosts.  Full text...

Ex-Sugababe stakes second solo career claim on Cocteau Twins-style sophisto-pop.  Full text...