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Metacritic Reviews
All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Amazon.com (USA) - The Best of the Decade in Music... So Far (2006) No Order
Cokemachineglow.com (Canada) - The 60 Best Albums of 2000-2004 (2005) No Order
HARP (USA) - The 50 Most Essential Albums Since 2001 (2006) 1
Pitchfork (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of 2000-2004 (2005) 45
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Stylus (USA) - The 50 Best Albums of 2000-2004 (2005) 11
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (2006) 45
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993-2006 (2006) 60
Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) 100
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Screenagers (Poland) - The 50 Best Albums from 2000-2004 (2004) 14
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A-
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 90
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7.5
End of Year Lists
Amazon.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 35
Cokemachineglow.com (Canada) - Albums of the Year 4
College Music Journal (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year 2
Eye Weekly Writers (Canada) - Albums of the Year 2
Filter (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
Free Williamsburg (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
Glide (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year 6
Left Off the Dial (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
LostAtSea (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
Pitchfork (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
PopMatters (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Prefix (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Shortlist Prize Nominees 2001-2003 (USA) Nominee
Stylus (USA) - Albums of the Year 10
Tiny Mix Tapes (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 6
Washington City Paper (USA) - Albums of the Year 6
woxy.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Americana-UK (UK) - Albums of the Year 28
BOOMKAT (UK) - Albums of the Year 9
Drowned in Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year 2
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 2
No Ripcord (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
Observer (UK) - Albums of the Year 10
Planet Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year 8
Playlouder (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year 8
Rough Trade (UK) - Albums of the Year 17
Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
Wanadoo (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Wire (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Word (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Aftenposten (Norway) - Albums of the Year 2
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year 2
Gaffa (Denmark) - Albums of the Year 1
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - Albums of the Year No Order
Musikbyrån (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 10
Nöjesguiden (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 6
Rockmusica (Finland) - Albums of the Year 12
HUMO (Belgium) - Albums of the Year 3
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 13
Eins Live (Germany) - Albums of the Year 3
Intro (Germany) - Albums of the Year 6
Laut (Germany) - Albums of the Year 31
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 9
Plattentests (Germany) - Albums of the Year 6
Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik - Best of lists from each Quarter No Order
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 1
Visions (Germany) - Albums of the Year 9
Welt am Sonntag (Germany) - Albums of the Year No Order
Zundfunk (Germany) - Albums of the Year 7
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Albums of the Year 1
Magic (France) - Albums of the Year 13
Popnews (France) - Albums of the Year 4
GO-MAG (Spain) - Albums of the Year 1
Iguana (Spain) - Albums of the Year 4
Mondo Sonoro (Spain) - Albums of the Year 1
Muzikalia (Spain) - Albums of the Year 1
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year 8
Rockzone (Spain) - Albums of the Year 13
Rolling Stone (Spain) - Albums of the Year 1
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - Albums of the Year No Order
Rumore (Italy) - Albums of the Year 9
XL (Italy) - Albums of the Year 5
B92 Net Radio (Serbia) - Albums of the Year 2
Monitor (Croatia) - Albums of the Year 14
Screenagers (Poland) - Albums of the Year 1
All Music Guide (USA) - Album of the Year No Order


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