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Metacritic Reviews
All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Lost at Sea (USA) - The Top 50 Albums of the '00s (2009) 46
Pitchfork (USA) - The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 40
Uncut (UK) - The 150 Best Albums of the 2000s (2009) 47
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4 Stars
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 81
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6
End of Year Lists
Cokemachineglow.com (Canada) - Albums of the Year 13
Eonline (USA) - Albums of the Year 15
Junkmedia (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
LostAtSea (USA) - Albums of the Year 8
Magnet (USA) - Albums of the Year 10
PopMatters (USA) - Albums of the Year 44
Prefix (USA) - Albums of the Year 26
Treble (USA) - Albums of the Year 32
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 38
woxy.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 8
Classic Rock (UK) - Albums of the Year 43
Piccadilly Records (UK) - Albums of the Year 21
Planet Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year 2
Rough Trade (UK) - Albums of the Year 48
Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year 5
Gaffa (Denmark) - Albums of the Year 15
Nöjesguiden (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 19
Popnews (France) - Albums of the Year 3
Screenagers (Poland) - Albums of the Year 17


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 2006
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