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All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Alternative Press (USA) - Top 99 Albums of '85 to '95 (1995) 2
David Keenan, Sunday Herald (USA) - The 103 Best Albums Ever, Honest (2001) No Order
Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999) 62
KCPR DJs (USA) - Top 100 Records from the 80s (2002) 14
Pause & Play (USA) - 10 Albums of the 80's (2003) No Order
Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week No Order
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1980s (2002) 6
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) 216
Spin (USA) - The 25 Greatest Albums of All Time (1989) 4
Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005) 5
The Review, University of Delaware (USA) - 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2001) 12
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006) 1
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005) No Order
Channel 4 (UK) - 125 Nominations for the 100 Greatest Albums (2005) No Order
Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s (2006) No Order
Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997) 28
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (2006) 18
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989) 30
Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000) 1
Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003) No Order
NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006) 2
New Musical Express (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993) 10
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) 8
Q (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2000) 27
Q (UK) - The 50 (+50) Best British Albums Ever (2004) 8
Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006) 3
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
Q (UK) - Top 20 Albums from 1980-2004 (2004) 8
Record Collector (UK) - 10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century (2000) No Order
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) 37
The Times (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1993) 50
Time Out (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989) 32
Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995) 34
Aftenposten (Norway) - Top 50 Albums of All Time (1999) 40
Expressen (Sweden) - The 100 Best Records Ever (1999) 37
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 4
Platekompaniet (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2001) 28
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 46
Slitz (Sweden) - 3 Foreign Albums by Year 1980-94 (1995) No Order
Slitz (Sweden) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1990) 43
Soundi (Finland) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1995) 9
David Kleijwegt (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1999) 68
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1998) 38
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums from the 80s (2003) 4
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 26
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997) 22
Tempo (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums from the 80's (1989) 3
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll (2004) No Order
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - The 100 Best Albums 1986-1996 (1996) 1
Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999) No Order
Telerama (France) - 50 LPs in the History of Rock (2004) 48
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of 1980-86 (1987) 16
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (1990) 7
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002) 30
Alternative Melbourne (Australia) - The Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums (1996) 59
Courier-Mail (Australia) - 50 Defining Rock Albums (2005) 37
BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995) 11
CDNOW (Japan) - 100 Essential Albums (2001?) 51
List by Japanese Critics - 200 Essential Albums (1998?) No Order
Yediot Ahonot (Israel) - Top 99 Albums of All Time (1999) 32
Epoca (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1988) 75
Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month) No Order
Rockstar (Italy) - The 100 Albums of the 80s (1989) 29
Viceversa (Italy) - 100 Rock Albums (1996) 64
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006) 1
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The 10 (+50) Most Important Albums of All Time (2004) 2
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The Best Albums of All Time (1993) 31
Rolling Stone (Mexico) - The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2004) 11
Showbizz (Brazil) - 100 CDs of All Time (1999) 96
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 B+
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 30
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year 2
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year 6
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 9
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
HUMO (Belgium) - Albums of the Year 5
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 39
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 21
Tip (Germany) - Albums of the Year 1


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 2002
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Nick Drake
 Five Leaves Left
 1969
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The Human League
 Dare!
 1981
Love
 Forever Changes
 1967
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Pixies
 Surfer Rosa
 1988
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Pixies
 Doolittle
 1989
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Prince
 Sign 'O' the Times
 1987
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R.E.M.
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 1992
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The Stone Roses
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 1989
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The White Stripes
 Elephant
 2003
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