| In keeping the focus strictly on sublime songcraft, the Kings of Convenience have drafted a love letter to solid pop tradition. |
| What sparked such fine songcraft is the sudden wake-up call of The Beatles, who were taking America by storm. |
| In summing up her career, this icon of cerebral West Coast songcraft has produced a substantial body of work without one iota of sentimentality. |
| They say she brought underground chops to classic songcraft, reconciled seventies soul with nineties grit. |
| Man-Made is a lazy, hazy exercise in unadorned songcraft, packed with melodies that insinuate themselves with sweet simplicity. |
| Fortunately, with Happiness in Magazines, his by-the-numbers approach to songcraft has finally yielded its most copious rewards. |
