Acclaimed Music - Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Illinois


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
BetterPropaganda (USA) - The Top 100 Albums of the '00s (2009) 60
Lost at Sea (USA) - The Top 50 Albums of the '00s (2009) 10
Paste (USA) - The 50 Best Albums of the '00s (2009) 1
Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week No Order
Pitchfork (USA) - The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 16
Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) Main entry
Gigwise (UK) - The 50 Greatest Albums of the 2000s (2009) 25
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007) No Order
The Clash (UK) - The 50 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime (2004-2009) 20
Uncut (UK) - The 150 Best Albums of the 2000s (2009) 30
OOR (The Netherlands) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2007) 69
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Chronicart.com (France) - Top 10 Albums from 1997-2007 (2007) 2
FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008) 966
Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007) No Order
VOLUME (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World (2008) No Order
Mondo Sonoro (Spain) - The 50 Best International Albums of the '00s (2009) 42
Muzikalia (Spain) - Top 60 Albums of the '00s (2009) No Order
PlayGround (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of the '00s (2009) 40
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s (2009) 2
Kalporz (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s (2009) 17
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4 Stars
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 1
Billboard (USA) - Albums of the Year 7
Blender (USA) - Albums of the Year 37
Chartattack (Canada) - Albums of the Year 6
Cokemachineglow.com (Canada) - Albums of the Year 2
College Music Journal (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year 4
Filter (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Free Williamsburg (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
Glide (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
HARP (USA) - Albums of the Year 6
LostAtSea (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
Magnet (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Pitchfork (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
PopMatters (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Prefix (USA) - Albums of the Year 4
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year 9
Shortlist Prize Nominees 2001-2007 (USA) Winner
Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year 8
Stylus (USA) - Albums of the Year 10
Tiny Mix Tapes (USA) - Albums of the Year 7
Treble (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Under the Radar (USA) - Albums of the Year 4
VH1 (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
Washington City Paper (USA) - Albums of the Year 8
woxy.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
BOOMKAT (UK) - Albums of the Year 20
Drowned in Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year 6
Hot Press (Ireland) - Albums of the Year 4
Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year 24
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 7
No Ripcord (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
Observer (UK) - Albums of the Year 3
Piccadilly Records (UK) - Albums of the Year 11
Playlouder (UK) - Albums of the Year 8
Rough Trade (UK) - Albums of the Year 3
Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year 2
Wire (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Aftenposten (Norway) - Albums of the Year 4
Dagbladet (Norway) - Albums of the Year 10
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year 3
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - Albums of the Year No Order
Morgunbladid (Iceland) - Albums of the Year 1
Musikbyrån (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 7
Natt & Dag (Norway) - Albums of the Year 3
Panorama (Norway) - Albums of the Year 12
Rockmusica (Finland) - Albums of the Year 9
HUMO (Belgium) - Albums of the Year 1
Heaven (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 2
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 2
Intro (Germany) - Albums of the Year 15
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 15
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 19
Visions (Germany) - Albums of the Year 17
Zundfunk (Germany) - Albums of the Year 3
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Albums of the Year 2
Magic (France) - Albums of the Year 23
Popnews (France) - Albums of the Year 1
GO-MAG (Spain) - Albums of the Year 5
Mondo Sonoro (Spain) - Albums of the Year 32
Muzikalia (Spain) - Albums of the Year 18
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year 3
Blow Up (Italy) - Albums of the Year 1
Ondarock (Italy) - Albums of the Year 4
Rockerilla (Italy) - Albums of the Year 17
Sentire Ascoltare (Italy) - Albums of the Year 2
B92 Net Radio (Serbia) - Albums of the Year 9
Monitor (Croatia) - Albums of the Year 1
Porcys (Poland) - Albums of the Year 8
Screenagers (Poland) - Albums of the Year 1
Pure Pop (Mexico) - Albums of the Year 13


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