It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger Reviews

"It's All About The Stragglers" came out in 2000, at the height of popularity for UK Garage. This urban dance music emmerged in the mid-nineties, and faded around 2002 (before being brought back as Bassline in 2007). Artful Dodgers were amongst the most popular acts, and as a production group, out of Southampton, they collaborated with ...  Read the complete review

I remember when I used to be heavily into garage music and this lot were just breaking through onto the UK music scene. They had a string of top ten hits, helped by the presence of some strong guest vocalists. Who are they: Artful Dodger are Mark Hill and Peter Devereux, specialising in garage music with a commercial ...  Read the complete review

The Artful Dodger album is great. It has a wide selection of different people singing to accompany their backing sounds. These people include Craig David, Michelle Escoffery, Robbie Craig, MC Alistair, and Romina Johnson. These are just a few of the people who are the CD. The CD overall is very good, offering a selection of R’N’B, ...  Read the complete review

I really love this album. it is so diverse and has such a wide variety of styles on it! from the uk garage anthems of rewind, to the xelophone based we should get together, this album blends a number of different styles that make a very interesting listen. the most interesting thing about this album is the colaboration with so many unknown artists ...  Read the complete review

There is not one single track on this album that I don not like. Except for Woman Trouble which has been played way too much. Some critics have said this album is awful and it sounds more like r&b than garage. Well believe me it is all garage and the best garage. It has so many great people featuring on the album like Craig David, Robbie Craig and ...  Read the complete review

Artful Dodger has been really successful in a short period of time. Many of there songs have been hits in the charts,! The album it's All About The Stragglers contains contemporary garage music and I love garage and most of the good garage music has been done by the artful dodger, it is also mixed slightly with some rnb and it does go with it ...  Read the complete review

Artful Dodger's debut album 'It's All About The Stragglers' is a fine piece of work indeed. Whilst it's a garage album at heart, it clearly has pop/R&B sensibilities about it, ensuring it has the potential to reach a wide audience. The five (count 'em) singles to have been released from the album should give you a ...  Read the complete review

Unlike the many so called credible music magazine's out there, we don't have the daggers out for UK Garage just yet. We understand that UK Garage is more than just a passing trend and looks set to be the force that its sister genre R&B has been over the past few years. The main problem that most publications have with UK Garage is that it ...  Read the complete review

Wow, well what can I say? Artful Dodger are one of the best things to come out of the UK dance scene for ages, ok ok they are garage, but since I do not know much about garage, I think that they are more of a dance group. They arrived on the scene Dec 1999 with Craig David and "re-wind" which was an instant hit, and since then, ...  Read the complete review

Artful dodgers album is pure brilliance. There is so much variety on the album I challenge anyone to find a track on it they dont like. From the dark underground garage sound of Rewind to the more vocal treats of Moving to fast and Woman Trouble. Artful dodger have worked with alot of great talent now, Craig David who's now and ...  Read the complete review

I have waited for this album for a long time and when I got it I was not disappointed in the least. Artful Dodger have got some amazing singers to guest on the album, even using unknown talents such as Lifford. This album is not just a UK Garage album, it contains so much variety from a more R&B sounding "Think About Me" ...  Read the complete review