"Over the Rhine's artful approach to music has a timeless quality that defies any classification or style. Raw, experimental, charmed..."
- The Album Network

"Classic "demos" recorded on eight and 12-track machines. Smart, poetic observations on life, love and all that matters most on this fragile globe. Although Over the Rhine may be a hit away from stardom, it's this artful alternative pop group's intelligent poetry, emotionally engaging music and self-conscious creativity that bespeaks the possibility of a real breakthrough. And at the heart of these songs is an awareness and pursuit of spirituality that suggests meaning and direction without preachiness or pandering. Don't spare your heart, just feel the joy that's bleeding out of gentle wounds..."
- Brian Quincy Newcomb

"...awesomely beautiful lyrics, complex acoustic-based music, a sense of humour coupled with genuine artfulness. This record twists and floats, wraps you in its arms, smacks you 'round the face and then kisses you to make up."
- Rupert Loydell, London, England

"...impressionistic outlines of hope, fear, wonder--pure ecstacy."
- Wim Boluyt, Tholen, Holland

"...thoughtful melodies and brainy lyrics smartly sung by the all-knowing, bewitching voice of Karin Bergquist."
- Cliff Radel, Cincinnati, Ohio

"If these guys don't make it big, there's definitely something wrong with the music business."
- Factsheet Five

"I don't know whether to offer kudos or curses to Over the Rhine. No group has the right to put out albums so absolutely dominating. What's a self-respecting reviewer to do? Swallow his pride I suppose, and embarrassingly gush over such works of art.

If I could have only one album--a "Top One Desert Island Classic," Till We Have Faces would be it, without a moment's doubt. And it's been that way since my first few listens. In the past year, I've been through several month-long periods where Over the Rhine took possession of my CD player and car tape player and wouldn't let go, the selfish knaves.

In a nutshell, I simply find no album so completely sensual, touching every part of my existence. Combine its pure poetry, its spiritual joy and torment, and its romantic ideals and realism with its many colors, its surrealistic music, its restrained passion, and a captivating voice with more texture than corduroy and burlap, and what you have is pure magic.

It pains me to no end to not be able to just quote line after amazing line, but alas I can't. Bassist Linford Detweiler's lyrics and Karin Bergquist's emotive voice breathe real life, beauty, and passion into this project. Karin's lead vocals are simply exquisite, rich and emotionally seductive.

Criticisms can be made. I do think the band needs to work with a producer, and I hope they continue to grow and change. But I wouldn't want to risk going back and messing with these works. This is truly a case where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
- Art Clippings, Athens, Georgia