Acclaimed Music - The Specials
The Specials
The Specials


All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 500 Best Albums Since 1965 210
IE (USA) - 50 Great Albums, a Rock Time Capsule (1999) No Order
KCPR DJs (USA) - Top 100 Records from the 80s (2002) 87
Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week No Order
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2004) 42
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Vibe (USA) - 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century (1999) No Order
Channel 4 (UK) - 125 Nominations for the 100 Greatest Albums (2005) No Order
Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000) No Order
Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997) 87
Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000) 73
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003) No Order
NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006) 12
New Musical Express (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993) 125
New Musical Express (UK) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2003) 59
Q (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2000) 38
Q (UK) - The 50 (+50) Best British Albums Ever (2004) 15
Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week No Order
The Observer (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums (2004) 17
Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) 20
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 101
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 69
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997) 101
Spex (Germany) - The 100 Albums of the Century (1999) 83
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll (2004) No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (1988) 88
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002) 181
BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995) 39
Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005) No Order
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002) 21-50
Viceversa (Italy) - 100 Rock Albums (1996) 82
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The Best Albums of All Time (1993) 58
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4.5 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A-
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983) 4 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 3.5 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 5 Stars
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 8
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 3 Stars
José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997) 3.5 Stars
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 32
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 10
Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year 1


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ArtistAlbumYear Buy at
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Samples
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 A Rush of Blood to the Head
 2002
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 Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
 1980
The Jam
 All Mod Cons
 1978
Manic Street Preachers
 Everything Must Go
 1996
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Pulp
 Different Class
 1995
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Frank Sinatra
 Songs for Swingin' Lovers
 1956
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The Small Faces
 Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
 1968
Suicide
 Suicide
 1977
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The Verve
 Urban Hymns
 1997
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The White Stripes
 Elephant
 2003
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