- Radio & Records Magazine
"Lush chamber pop... with chills not frills."
- The Austin Chronicle
**** (four stars out of four stars) "Films For Radio: Edgy sensuality framed in smart, modern pop, (with a) post-Sgt. Pepper's feel... Swirling, passionate... Don't miss it."
- The Cincinnati Enquirer
"Poetic, smokey songwriting. The trance-like, slow churning techno grooves flow like thick molten lava. Karin's voice licks at the air like a bright, animated flame. Exotic sounds and double-take imagery define this artful CD."
- Songwriter's Monthly, January 2001
"Films For Radio is a nail-on-the-head title for this suite of beautiful, dramatic songs dense with introspective lyricism."
- College Music Journal
"Longtime fans of the band should revel... Films For Radio is the most accomplished Over the Rhine album yet, richly textured with intricately constructed songs, full of subtle melodies and hooks. Ms. Bergquist's voice is as angelic and haunting as ever. Metaphysical, earthy, sensual... Well-crafted, intimate tales of spiritual longing..."
- Cincinnati Post
"Give Me Strength," is a mighty anthem of self-empowerment, an ambitious standout first single... Co-written by hitmaker Dido, the song has already found its way onto a recent episode of NBC's Third Watch. This is the kind of song that breaks an act, grabbing hold from the first note--intense, inventive, and meaningful..."
- Billboard Magazine
"Blessed with a soprano that can sound seductive one moment and seraphic the next, Bergquist opens Films For Radio with a tale of obsession titled "The World Can Wait" which serves as a trailer for the cd. "So fade to black and white now" Bergquist sings, "roll the movie of my life, inside of my head." What follows are a series of moody and quite often intriguing vignettes that range from the erotic ("The Body Is a Stairway of Skin") to the bittersweet ("Goodbye -- This Is Not Goodbye"). The combination of Bergquist's haunting voice and the subtly evocative arrangements offer ample rewards..."
- The Washington Post
"Films for Radio is the band's first studio album in five years and they must have been saving their best for this release. Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler have aptly named this collection of "shorts"... "The World Can Wait," "If Nothing Else," "Goodbye (This Is Not Goodbye)" and "Moth" are all excellent places to start..."
- The Quarterback
"The sound is robust and the arrangements deeply affecting... Singer Karin Bergquist has never needed much help entrancing people, but the cinematic scope of Films for Radio intensifies the dream-casting magic of her supple voice. On "Fairpoint Diary", she takes on the smirking but world-weary creak of Joan Osborne; on the subdued "Little Blue River", she's a soulful siren mourning... Over the Rhine is not only back--it's better."
- The Columbus Dispatch
"Timely and timeless, Over the Rhine has spirit to spare and a knack for pure and honest musicality. Vocalist Karin Bergquist has the shimmering skills to deliver..."
- Bloomington Independent