3 stars out of 5 - "...The reality here is that Reed has once again stretched the boundaries of popular music and, in doing so, has honored Edgar Allan Poe's illustrious legacy, along with his own...", "...His songs, interspersed with dramatic dialogues and poetic recitations over hollowly atmospheric effects, are more a phantasmagorical patchwork of Poe and Reed, an act of violent reanimation....THE RAVEN is a rewarding and self-consciously motley fest...", "...Craftily switching between bare piano, strings and dirty guitars, Reed hauls music and drama together as a reflection from middle age....A formidable and ambitious endeavour achieved with wit and passion..."
