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All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Bill Shapiro (USA) - The Top 100 Rock Compact Discs (1991) No Order
Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003) No Order
Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year (1981) 2
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 500 Best Albums Since 1965 78
Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: "Treasure Island" Albums (1979) No Order
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 17
Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1977) 22
Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1987) 52
Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week No Order
Radio WXPN (USA) - The 100 Most Progressive Albums (1996) 6
Robert Christgau (USA) - Personal 40 Best Albums from the '70s (1979) 7
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) 65
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years (1987) 59
Spin (USA) - The 25 Greatest Albums of All Time (1989) 21
Stereophile (USA) - 40 Years of Stereophile: The 40 (+94) Essential Albums (2002) No Order
Stylus (USA) - Top 101-200 Albums of All time (2004) 187
The Recording Academy Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA) Winner
The Review, University of Delaware (USA) - 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2001) 74
Time (USA) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2006) No Order
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 70s, by Year (2005) 9
VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of R 'N' R (2001) 32
Vibe (USA) - 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century (1999) No Order
Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000) No Order
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (2006) 49
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989) 22
Hot Press (Ireland) - Top 100 Irish Albums (2004) 13
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003) No Order
New Musical Express (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1974) 74
New Musical Express (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993) 117
Q (UK) - The 50 Best Albums of the 70s (1998) 50
The Observer (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums (2004) 67
Zig Zag (UK) - Gillett & Frith's 100 Essential Rock Albums (1975) No Order
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 3
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 101
OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 70s (1979) 41
Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1998) 84
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 350
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997) 72
Liberation (France) - Best Albums 1968-88 (1988) 55
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (1988) 35
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002) 84
Buscadero (Italy) - The Best Albums from the 1950s to the 1980s (1990) No Order
Ciao2001 (Italy) - Top Albums of All Time (1972) No Order
Jam (Italy) - 100 Ideal Albums to Understand Rock Music (2000) No Order
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002) 21-50
Velvet (Italy) - The 20 Best Albums of the 70s (1990) No Order
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 5 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A+
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983) 5 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 5 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 4.5 Stars
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 9
Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001) 5 Stars
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 5 Stars
José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997) 4 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 8.5


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