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Metacritic Reviews
All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003) No Order
GQ (USA) - The 40 Best Albums of the 21st Century (2003) No Order
Michigan Daily (USA) - Top 50 Albums of the New Millennium (2004) 28
Pitchfork (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of 2000-2004 (2005) 2
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) 464
Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005) 70
Stylus (USA) - The 50 Best Albums of 2000-2004 (2005) 5
Hip-Hop Connection (UK) - The 100 Greatest Rap Albums 1995-2005 5
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003) No Order
New Musical Express (UK) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2003) 56
Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
Dagsavisen (Norway) - The 21 Best Albums of the 21st Century (2005) 5
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Porcys (Poland) - Top 100 Albums from 2000-2004 (2005) 66
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The Top 25 Albums of Each Year 2000-2002 (2003) 15
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A-
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 5 Stars
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 8
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 88
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 3 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6.5
End of Year Lists
Addicted to Noise (USA) - Albums of the Year 8
Blender (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Eonline (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
People.com (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year 7
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 7
Washington City Paper (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year 3
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 4
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year 40
Wire (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Aftenposten (Norway) - Albums of the Year 5
Aftonbladet (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 5
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year 3
Expressen (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 2
Natt & Dag (Norway) - Albums of the Year 10
Nöjesguiden (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 3
Panorama (Norway) - Albums of the Year 13
Sonic (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 4
Mondo Sonoro (Spain) - Albums of the Year 14


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 2000
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 1994
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 2000
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