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All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003) No Order
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 500 Best Albums Since 1965 33
Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999) 100
Joe S. Harrington, Blastitude (USA) - The All-Time Top 100 Albums (2001) 47
KCPR DJs (USA) - Top 100 Records from the 80s (2002) 22
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 192
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1980s (2002) 10
Radio WXPN (USA) - The 100 Most Progressive Albums (1996) 85
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) 157
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997) No Order
Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995) 69
The Review, University of Delaware (USA) - 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2001) 60
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006) 1
Channel 4 (UK) - 125 Nominations for the 100 Greatest Albums (2005) No Order
Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997) 95
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (2006) 51
Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000) 38
Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made (1995) 53
NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006) 72
New Musical Express (UK) - 40 Records That Captured the Moment 1952-91 (1992) No Order
New Musical Express (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1985) 54
New Musical Express (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993) 20
New Musical Express (UK) - NME Rock Years, Albums of the Year 1963-99 (2000) No Order
New Musical Express (UK) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2003) 14
Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
Q (UK) - The 50 (+50) Best British Albums Ever (2004) 22
Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006) 8
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
Q (UK) - Top 20 Albums from 1980-2004 (2004) 7
Record Collector (UK) - 10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century (2000) No Order
Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1986) 11
Terrorizer (UK) - The 100 Most Important Albums of the 80s (2000) No Order
The Observer (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums (2004) 18
Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995) 81
Eggen & Kartvedt (Norway) - The Guide to the 100 Important Rock Albums (1999) No Order
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 2
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 101
Schlager (Sweden) - The 30 Best Albums of All Time (1984) 8
Slitz (Sweden) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1990) 49
Soundi (Finland) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1995) 18
Nieuwe Revu (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1994) 48
OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 20th Century (1987) 40
OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1989) 5
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Max Magazine (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997) 26
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 127
Tempo (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums from the 80's (1989) 64
Zounds (Germany) - The Top 30 Albums of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1992) 15
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll (2004) No Order
Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999) No Order
Discoplay (Spain) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997) No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of 1980-86 (1987) 1
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (1990) 2
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002) 16
Alternative Melbourne (Australia) - The Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums (1996) 53
Rolling Stone (Australia) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) 56
BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995) 44
List by Asian Critics - 100 Essential Albums (1998?) No Order
Yediot Ahonot (Israel) - Top 99 Albums of All Time (1999) 37
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002) 1-20
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1990) No Order
Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month) No Order
Rockstar (Italy) - The 100 Albums of the 80s (1989) 16
Velvet (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of the 80s (1990) No Order
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006) 2
Tylko Rock (Poland) - 100 Albums that Shook Polish Rock (1999) 52
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The 10 (+50) Most Important Albums of All Time (2004) 2
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The Best Albums of All Time (1993) 41
Rolling Stone (Mexico) - The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2004) 11
Showbizz (Brazil) - 100 CDs of All Time (1999) 22
Switch (Mexico) - The 100 Best Albums of the 20th Century (1999) No Order
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 5 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A-
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 4 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 5 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 10
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 10
Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001) 5 Stars
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 4 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 22
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year 5
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 7
Rockerilla (Italy) - Albums of the Year 1


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