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All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time (2002) 73
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 500 Best Albums Since 1965 29
KCPR DJs (USA) - Top 100 Records from the 80s (2002) 9
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1980s (2002) 7
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) 315
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997) No Order
Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995) 52
Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005) 6
The Review, University of Delaware (USA) - 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2001) 83
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006) 1
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
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (2006) 37
Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000) 44
Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001) No Order
New Musical Express (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993) 44
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) 31
Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
Terrorizer (UK) - The 100 Most Important Albums of the 80s (2000) No Order
Time Out (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989) 36
Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005) 54
Aftenposten (Norway) - Top 50 Albums of All Time (1999) 23
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004) No Order
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 3
Platekompaniet (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2001) 92
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 101
David Kleijwegt (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1999) 64
Nieuwe Revu (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1994) 71
OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1989) 10
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums from the 80s (2003) 2
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 59
Spex (Germany) - The 100 Albums of the Century (1999) 80
Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999) No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (1990) 42
The Movement (New Zealand) - Classic Albums (Two Albums Added Every Issue) No Order
BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995) 58
List by Asian Critics - 100 Essential Albums (1998?) No Order
Yediot Ahonot (Israel) - Top 99 Albums of All Time (1999) 34
Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month) No Order
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006) 22
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The 10 (+50) Most Important Albums of All Time (2004) 2
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The Best Albums of All Time (1993) 22
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 B
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 3 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
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) 8.5
End of Year Lists
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 10
Record Mirror (UK) - Albums of the Year 14
Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 8
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 16
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year 2


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