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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
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 45
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1980s (2002) 48
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) 470
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997) No Order
Stereophile (USA) - 40 Years of Stereophile: The 40 (+94) Essential Albums (2002) No Order
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006) 5
Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s (2006) No Order
Guitarist (UK) - 101 Essential Guitar Albums (2000) 11
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989) 40
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 5
OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1989) 53
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums from the 80s (2003) 13
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 210
Rolling Stone (Australia) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) 41
List by Asian Critics - 100 Essential Albums (1998?) No Order
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1990) No Order
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006) 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 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 5 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 4.5 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 7
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
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7
End of Year Lists
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 8
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year 13
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 17
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Record Mirror (UK) - Albums of the Year 4
Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 8
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year No Order
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 37
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year 8


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 Guitar Town
 1986
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 Good Old Boys
 1974
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 Dirty Mind
 1980
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Lou Reed
 New York
 1989
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The Replacements
 Pleased to Meet Me
 1987
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Sonic Youth
 Daydream Nation
 1988
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Steely Dan
 Pretzel Logic
 1974
U2
 All That You Can't Leave Behind
 2000
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The White Stripes
 Elephant
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 1989
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