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All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 500 Best Albums Since 1965 22
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2004) 85
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 70s, by Year (2005) 10
OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 20th Century (1987) 40
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005) No Order
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002) 21-50
Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month) No Order
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 3.5 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade B
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983) 3 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 4.5 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 7
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
Trouser (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year 16
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 18
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 6
Rockerilla (Italy) - Albums of the Year 10


These critics also liked the following albums:

ArtistAlbumYear Buy at
Amazon		Song
Samples
Big Star
 The Third Album/Sister Lovers
 1978
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Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
 Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
 1978
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The Fall
 Dragnet
 1979
The Feelies
 Crazy Rhythms
 1980
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Jesus Lizard
 Goat
 1991
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Killing Joke
 Killing Joke
 1980
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The Pop Group
 Y
 1979
Popol Vuh
 In den Gärten Pharaohs
 1972
Siouxsie and The Banshees
 Juju
 1981
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Virgin Prunes
 …If I Die, I Die
 1982
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