Acclaimed Music - Fear of a Black Planet
Public Enemy
Fear of a Black Planet


All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Alternative Press (USA) - The 90 Greatest Albums of the 90s (1998) 24
Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003) No Order
CDNOW (USA) - The 10 (+5) Essential Records of the 90s (2002) 11
David Keenan, Sunday Herald (USA) - The 103 Best Albums Ever, Honest (2001) No Order
Edna Gundersen, USA Today (USA) - Top 40 Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 (1999) 3
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 500 Best Albums Since 1965 57
Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999) 90
Jim DeRogatis (USA) - The Great Albums No Order
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 167
Music Underwater (USA) - Top 100 Albums 1990-2003 (2004) 86
Nude as the News (USA) - The 100 Most Compelling Albums of the 90s (1999) 9
Pause & Play (USA) - The 90s Top 100 Essential Albums (1999) 11
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s (2003) 17
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) 300
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999) No Order
Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005) 21
Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999) 2
The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (1998) No Order
Guardian (UK) - 100 Albums that Don't Appear in All Other Top 100 Album Lists (1999) 31
Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997) 50
John Fordham (UK) - Jazz: Gallery of Classics (1994) No Order
Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003) No Order
New Musical Express (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993) 37
New Musical Express (UK) - NME Rock Years, Albums of the Year 1963-99 (2000) No Order
Q (UK) - 90 Albums of the 90s (1999) No Order
Select (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 90s (1996) 19
Times, Metro (UK) - Top 10 Albums of the 90s (1999) 4
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004) No Order
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 5
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 101
Musik Express (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 90s (2005) 10
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 466
Spex (Germany) - The 100 Albums of the Century (1999) 22
Visions (Germany) - The Most Important Albums of the 90s (1999) 65
Zundfunk (Germany) - The Best Albums of the 90s (2000) 8
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 150 Best Albums from the 90s (2000) 17
The Movement (New Zealand) - The 101 Best Albums of the 90s (2004) 25
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The 50 Best Albums of the 90s (2000) 19
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
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 9
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) 3 Stars
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7
End of Year Lists
Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year 8
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year 13
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year 12
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 3
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Select (UK) - Albums of the Year 9
Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year 6
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 5
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 16
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 1
Best (France) - Albums of the Year 2
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year 3


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