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Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil,
Keep Your Ear to the Ground


Metacritic Reviews
All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
GQ (USA) - The 40 Best Albums of the 21st Century (2003) No Order
Screenagers (Poland) - The 50 Best Albums from 2000-2004 (2004) 35
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The Top 25 Albums of Each Year 2000-2002 (2003) 10
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade B+
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 4.5 Stars
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 77
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6.5
End of Year Lists
Amazon.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 31
Hybrid (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
LostAtSea (USA) - Albums of the Year 7
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year 4
Shortlist Prize Nominees 2001-2003 (USA) Nominee
Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year 20
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 17
Washington City Paper (USA) - Albums of the Year 42
Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year 28
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 46
Planet Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year 2
Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year 69
Drowned in Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year 8
Aftenposten (Norway) - Albums of the Year 10
Aftonbladet (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 6
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year 17
Sonic (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 8
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 4
Intro (Germany) - Albums of the Year 7
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 5
Rolling Stone (Germany) - Albums of the Year 3
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 11
Visions (Germany) - Albums of the Year 10
Zundfunk (Germany) - Albums of the Year 3
Monitor (Croatia) - Albums of the Year 11
Screenagers (Poland) - Albums of the Year 22


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