Acclaimed Music - Leaders of the Free World

Elbow
Leaders of the Free World

Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars	4 Stars
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK)	76
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)	5
End of Year Lists
PopMatters (USA) - Albums of the Year	21
woxy.com (USA) - Albums of the Year	22
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year	35
No Ripcord (UK) - Albums of the Year	31
Observer (UK) - Albums of the Year	69
Piccadilly Records (UK) - Albums of the Year	21
Planet Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year	5
Playlouder (UK) - Albums of the Year	22
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year	33
Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year	20
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year	28
Intro (Germany) - Albums of the Year	26
Visions (Germany) - Albums of the Year	18

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