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All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Allan Kozinn, AVGuide (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Albums of the Century (2000) No Order
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
Chuck Eddy (USA) - The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'Roll (1997) No Order
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 500 Best Albums Since 1965 72
Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: "Treasure Island" Albums (1979) No Order
Joe S. Harrington, Blastitude (USA) - The All-Time Top 100 Albums (2001) 28
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 105
Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1977) 24
Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1987) 31
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2004) 44
Robert Christgau (USA) - Personal 40 Best Albums from the '70s (1979) 1
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - Steve Pond's 50 (+27) Essential Albums of the 70s (1990) 13
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) 77
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years (1987) 27
Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995) 26
Stylus (USA) - Top 101-200 Albums of All time (2004) 147
The Review, University of Delaware (USA) - 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2001) 27
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 70s, by Year (2005) 1
Trouser (USA) - The Best Albums from 1970-79 (1980) No Order
Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 70s (2006) No Order
Classic Rock (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever (2006) 19
Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997) 34
Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000) 77
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made (1995) 58
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003) No Order
NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006) 59
New Musical Express (UK) - 20 Near-as-Damn-It Perfect Initial Efforts (1992) 9
New Musical Express (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1985) 4
New Musical Express (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993) 13
New Musical Express (UK) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2003) 79
Q (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2000) 48
Q (UK) - The 50 (+50) Best British Albums Ever (2004) 51
Q (UK) - The 50 Best Albums of the 70s (1998) 39
Record Collector (UK) - 10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century (2000) No Order
Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1986) 1
Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week No Order
The Anarchist (UK) - The 33 Best Albums Ever (1997) 14
The Observer (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums (2004) 13
Time Out (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989) 9
Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005) 24
Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) 6
Vox (UK) - 100 Records that Shook the World (1991) No Order
Wire (UK) - The 100 Most Important Records Ever Made (1992) No Order
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 10
Platekompaniet (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2001) 43
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 101
Soundi (Finland) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1995) 26
Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1998) 40
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 34
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997) 39
Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - Rock'n'Roll: La Discotèque Idéale (2005) No Order
Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999) No Order
Telerama (France) - 50 LPs in the History of Rock (2004) 43
Plásticos y Decibelios (Spain) - The 80 Best Albums of All Time (2000) 44
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (1988) 8
Alternative Melbourne (Australia) - The Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums (1996) 83
BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995) 38
Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005) No Order
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002) 51-100
Viceversa (Italy) - 100 Rock Albums (1996) 30
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The Best Albums of All Time (1993) 48
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4 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) 5 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 10
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 10
Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001) 4 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
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 7
Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year 2
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 20


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 1977
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 1978
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 Bringing It All Back Home
 1965
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 1979
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 Forever Changes
 1967
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 New York Dolls
 1973
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 1969
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 1970
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 1974
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