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Metacritic Reviews
All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Pitchfork (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of 2000-2004 (2005) 36
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Stylus (USA) - The 50 Best Albums of 2000-2004 (2005) 33
Channel 4 (UK) - 125 Nominations for the 100 Greatest Albums (2005) No Order
NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006) 45
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade B+
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 3.5 Stars
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 90
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6.5
End of Year Lists
Amazon.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 48
Blender (USA) - Albums of the Year 8
Cokemachineglow.com (Canada) - Albums of the Year 16
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year 5
Eye Weekly Writers (Canada) - Albums of the Year 18
Free Williamsburg (USA) - Albums of the Year 14
Junkmedia (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Pitchfork (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
PopMatters (USA) - Albums of the Year 7
Prefix (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Shortlist Prize Nominees 2001-2003 (USA) Nominee
Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year 7
Stylus (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 7
Washington City Paper (USA) - Albums of the Year 12
woxy.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 47
Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year 18
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 3
No Ripcord (UK) - Albums of the Year 22
Planet Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year 11
Playlouder (UK) - Albums of the Year 5
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
Rough Trade (UK) - Albums of the Year 28
The Mercury Prize Nominees 1992-2003 (UK) Nominee
The Observer (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year 7
Wire (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Drowned in Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year 18
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year 12
Gaffa (Denmark) - Albums of the Year 15
Nöjesguiden (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 24
Panorama (Norway) - Albums of the Year 21
Rumba (Finland) - Albums of the Year 8
HUMO (Belgium) - Albums of the Year 4
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 16
Eins Live (Germany) - Albums of the Year 3
Intro (Germany) - Albums of the Year 4
Laut (Germany) - Albums of the Year 9
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 12
Rolling Stone (Germany) - Albums of the Year 13
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 4
Visions (Germany) - Albums of the Year 41
Zundfunk (Germany) - Albums of the Year 4
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Albums of the Year 2
Popnews (France) - Albums of the Year 29
Blitz (Portugal) - Albums of the Year 8
GO-MAG (Spain) - Albums of the Year 13
Iguana (Spain) - Albums of the Year 38
Mondo Sonoro (Spain) - Albums of the Year 30
Musica (Italy) - Albums of the Year 1
B92 (Serbia) - Albums of the Year 37
Monitor (Croatia) - Albums of the Year 2
Pure Pop (Mexico) - Albums of the Year 7
All Music Guide (USA) - Album of the Year No Order


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