Rolling Stone (2/19/04, p.72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Many of the songs on JOIN THE DOTS would have fit perfectly on various Cure records..."
Spin (2/04, p.100) - "[I]t's a fine survey of their ambient pop sorrow, simultaneously pained and giddy."
Entertainment Weekly (3/5/04, p.68) - "[D]isc 1 is essential [and] even the lesser material leaves lipstick traces." - Rating: B+
Uncut (2/04, p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 - "This 70-song curiosity box mopes about the dank bus terminals and spooked back alleys of Curetown....In its own darkling way, this collection might even give you the best feel for the place."
Mojo (Publisher) (2/04, pp.106-7) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A] band whose influence is, against all the odds, still active, still oozing through the teenage consciousness into full-grown bands."
Rovi