"Welsh rock heroes return with a fan-pleasing 10th long player ... On 'Scream Above the Sounds', Stereophonics don't have the lyrical potency of their earlier incarnation, often erring on the side of grand generalisation - as is the way when you have to appeal to enough people to fill your next arena tour. But frontman Kelly Jones has got one of the damn finest voices in rock `n' roll, and that's surely worth the price of admission in itself".