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Bruce Springsteen
Born in the U.S.A.


All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Barnes & Noble.com (USA) - The Best Music of the 20th Century (1999) No Order
Bill Shapiro (USA) - The Top 100 Rock Compact Discs (1991) No Order
Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003) No Order
Chuck Eddy (USA) - The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'Roll (1997) No Order
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 20
Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, the Album of the Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995) No Order
Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1987) 5
Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week No Order
Robert Christgau (USA) - Personal 10 Best Albums from the '80s (1990) 9
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) 85
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years (1987) 28
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006) 8
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005) No Order
Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s (2006) No Order
Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums No Order
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003) No Order
New Musical Express (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1985) 83
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) 70
Platekompaniet (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2001) 99
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 33
Slitz (Sweden) - 3 Foreign Albums by Year 1980-94 (1995) No Order
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 370
Tempo (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums from the 80's (1989) 89
Wiener (Austria) - The 100 Best Albums of the 20th Century (1999) 72
Best (France) - Top 50 Albums of the 80s (1990) 4
Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999) No Order
Plásticos y Decibelios (Spain) - The 80 Best Albums of All Time (2000) 9
Rolling Stone (Australia) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) 6
Epoca (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1988) 43
Rockstar (Italy) - The 100 Albums of the 80s (1989) 62
Rolling Stone (Mexico) - The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2004) 11
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A+
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 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) 4.5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7
End of Year Lists
Grammy Awards (USA) - Album of the Year Nominee
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year 9
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 2
Schlager (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 1
HUMO (Belgium) - Albums of the Year 2
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 8


These critics also liked the following albums:

ArtistAlbumYear Buy at
Amazon		Song
Samples
Coldplay
 A Rush of Blood to the Head
 2002
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Bob Dylan and The Band
 The Basement Tapes
 1975
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The Eagles
 Hotel California
 1976
Eminem
 The Marshall Mathers LP
 2000
 Listen
Peter Gabriel
 So
 1986
 Listen
Michael Jackson
 Thriller
 1982
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Billy Joel
 The Stranger
 1977
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Moby
 Play
 1999
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Pearl Jam
 Ten
 1991
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The White Stripes
 Elephant
 2003
 Listen


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