XTC
Black Sea
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| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
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Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year (1981) | 30 |
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Q (UK) - The 50 (+50) Best British Albums Ever (2004) | 51 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) | 10 |
| CDNOW (Japan) - 100 Essential Albums (2001?) | 88 |
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Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006) | 53 |
| 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+ |
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Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983) | 4 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) | 3 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) | 4 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) | 6 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 7 |
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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 | |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 62 |
| Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 19 |