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All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Allan Kozinn, AVGuide (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Albums of the Century (2000) No Order
Alternative Press (USA) - The 90 Greatest Albums of the 90s (1998) 9
Exclaim (Canada) - 100 Records that Rocked 100 Issues (2000) No Order
Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999) 57
Magnet (USA) - 10th Anniversary Issue, Top 60 Albums 1993-2003 8
Pause & Play (USA) - 10 Albums of the 90's (2003) No Order
Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week No Order
Pause & Play (USA) - The 90s Top 100 Essential Albums (1999) 9
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005) No Order
Channel 4 (UK) - 125 Nominations for the 100 Greatest Albums (2005) No Order
Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000) No Order
Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000) 97
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003) No Order
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) 70
Q (UK) - 90 Albums of the 90s (1999) No Order
Q (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2000) 58
Q (UK) - The 50 (+50) Best British Albums Ever (2004) 32
Q (UK) - Top 20 Albums from the Lifetime of Q (1986-2006) 14
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) 59
Aftenposten (Norway) - Top 50 Albums of All Time (1999) 49
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 116
Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999) No Order
Juice (Australia) - The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s (1999) 96
The Movement (New Zealand) - The 101 Best Albums of the 90s (2004) 28
Jam (Italy) - 100 Ideal Albums to Understand Rock Music (2000) No Order
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002) 51-100
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (2005) 8
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The 50 Best Albums of the 90s (2000) 26
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade Choice Cut
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 4 Stars
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) 4 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6
End of Year Lists
Addicted to Noise (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year 2
LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year 7
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 17
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year 3
Guitar (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Hot Press (Ireland) - Albums of the Year 2
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
Metal Hammer (UK) - Albums of the Year 9
Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year 4
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 3
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Select (UK) - Albums of the Year 4
The Mercury Prize Nominees 1992-2003 (UK) Nominee
Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year 11
Vox (UK) - Albums of the Year 3
Nöjesguiden (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 2
Pop (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 6
Rumba (Finland) - Albums of the Year 2
Mofo (Belgium) - Albums of the Year 3
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 3
OOR Moordlijst (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 19
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 20
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Albums of the Year No Order
Magic (France) - Albums of the Year 11
Rocksound (France) - Albums of the Year 16
Iguana (Spain) - Albums of the Year 3
BigO (Singapore) - Albums of the Year 6
Music Colony Bi-Weekly (China?) - Albums of the Year 4
Pure Pop (Mexico) - Albums of the Year 4


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