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Best Kept Secrets is a collection of the finer points from Lamb s career to date--an even smattering from their four albums--their self-titled debut, Fear of Fours, What Sound and 2003 s Between Darkness & Wonder. Although geographically miles away, Lamb were an integral part of the Bristol sound with their music sitting somewhere between Portishead and Roni Size. Cottonwool opens the anthology, and rightly so--the brooding double bass, ethereal vocal and broken beats are a perfect intro to what they re all about. Best Kept Secrets is in chronological order and highlights the slight changes in direction that occurred in each period. Tunes such as B-line and Bonfire are more rhythmic than their fractal predecessors yet dirty in comparison to the smooth, almost soulful Stronger and Please from their latter years. Although the album gets comfier and more worthy of the chillout tag as it progresses, it s clear that two things remain consistent throughout: Rhodes vocals remain beautiful and Barlow s production always does enough to keep it left of centre. --David Trueman