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All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Chuck Eddy (USA) - The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'Roll (1997) No Order
Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 (1999) 17
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006) 9
Utne (USA) - The Loose Canon - 150 Great Works (1999) No Order
Record Collector (UK) - 10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century (2000) No Order
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums from the 80s (2003) 29
FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008) 179
MUZIQ (France) - 200 Records for a Dream Collection (2007) No Order
Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005) No Order
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A-
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
End of Year Lists
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 14


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 1992
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 1988
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 1971
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 1993
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 1963
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 2000
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