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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
HARP (USA) - The 50 Most Essential Albums Since 2001 (2006) 37
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 101 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 18
Paste (USA) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 49
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 138
Rolling Stone (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 94
Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006) No Order
Gigwise (UK) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 16
Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993-2006 (2006) 57
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007) 94
NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006) 10
NME (UK) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 2
Q (UK) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 67
Rock's Back Pages (UK) - Top 176 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 44.5
The Guardian (UK) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 46
The Sun (UK) - Top 40 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 12
The Times (UK) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 49
Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) 78
Uncut (UK) - Top 150 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 44
Adresseavisen (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 45
Side 2-Nettavisen (Norway) - Top 25 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 8
Digg (Belgium) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 95
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Laut (Germany) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 21
Musikexpress (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums 1969-2009 (2009) 100
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums Since Autumn 1994 (2003) 17
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 111
Sounds (Germany) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 11
Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007) No Order
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 4
Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - Rock'n'Roll: La Discotèque Idéale (2005) No Order
Rock & Folk (France) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) No Order
Rolling Stone (France) - Top 20 Albums of the 2000s (2009) No Order
VOLUME (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World (2008) No Order
Heineken (Spain) - Top 50 International Albums of the 2000s (2009) 24
Indie for Bunnies (Italy) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 8
MusicServer (Czech Republic) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 58
Screenagers (Poland) - The 50 Best Albums from 2000-2004 (2004) 27
Teraz Rock (Poland) - Top 50 Albums of the New Millennium (2005) 18
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The Top 25 Albums of Each Year 2000-2002 (2003) 14
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A
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 7
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 78
End of Year Lists
All Music Guide (USA) - Album of the Year No Order
Amazon.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 34
Blender (USA) - Albums of the Year 6
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year 20
VH1 (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 23
Washington City Paper (USA) - Albums of the Year 16
woxy.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 48
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year 7
Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year 17
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 12
Record Collector (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Rough Trade (UK) - Albums of the Year 43
Aftonbladet (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 14
Nöjesguiden (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 10
Sonic (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 16
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 18
Intro (Germany) - Albums of the Year 36
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 9
Rolling Stone (Germany) - Albums of the Year 5
Visions (Germany) - Albums of the Year 7
Zundfunk (Germany) - Albums of the Year 17
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Albums of the Year 6
Rumore (Italy) - Albums of the Year 7


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