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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) 51
Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003) No Order
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 500 Best Albums Since 1965 28
Joe S. Harrington, Blastitude (USA) - The All-Time Top 100 Albums (2001) 93
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 173
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1980s (2002) 1
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) 329
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997) No Order
Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995) 9
Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005) 14
Stereophile (USA) - 40 Years of Stereophile: The 40 (+94) Essential Albums (2002) No Order
The Review, University of Delaware (USA) - 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2001) 85
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006) 2
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
GQ (UK) - The 100 Coolest Albums in the World Right Now! (2005) 58
Guitarist (UK) - 101 Essential Guitar Albums (2000) 11
Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001) No Order
New Musical Express (UK) - Some of the Greatest Double LPs Ever Issued (1991) 21
New Musical Express (UK) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2003) 49
Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006) 30
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
Record Collector (UK) - 10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century (2000) No Order
Terrorizer (UK) - The 100 Most Important Albums of the 80s (2000) No Order
The Rough Guide - Rock: 100 Essential CDs (1999) No Order
Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005) 77
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004) No Order
Platekompaniet (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2001) 64
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 101
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) 9
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 431
Spex (Germany) - The 100 Albums of the Century (1999) 16
Tempo (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums from the 80's (1989) 44
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
Technikart (France) - 50 Albums from the Last 10 Years (1997) No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (1990) 26
Juice (Australia) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997) 14
Rolling Stone (Australia) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) 45
List by Asian Critics - 100 Essential Albums (1998?) No Order
Jam (Italy) - 100 Ideal Albums to Understand Rock Music (2000) No Order
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002) 1-20
Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month) No Order
Velvet (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of the 80s (1990) No Order
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006) 4
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The 10 (+50) Most Important Albums of All Time (2004) 2
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The Best Albums of All Time (1993) 26
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) 5 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 9
Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001) 4 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) 8
End of Year Lists
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year 24
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 9
Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year 3
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 3
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 13
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year 7


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