Acclaimed Music - The Blueprint 3

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The Blueprint 3

Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars	4 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade	A-
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK)	65
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)	5
End of Year Lists
A.V. Club (USA) - Top Albums of 2009	12
Amazon (USA) - Top Albums of 2009	9
Billboard (USA) - Top Albums of 2009	1
Consequence Of Sound (USA) - Top Albums of 2009	37
MySpace.com (USA) - Top Albums of 2009	2
Rolling Stone (USA) - Top Albums of 2009	4
Village Voice (Pazz & Jop) (USA) - Top Albums of 2009	27
BBC (Rock&Indie) (UK) - Top Albums of 2009	9
Gigwise (UK) - Top Albums of 2009	27
New Musical Express (UK) - Top Albums of 2009	33
The Sun (UK) - Top Albums of 2009	8
Uncut (UK) - Top Albums of 2009	49
Nettavisen (Norway) - Top Albums of 2009	13
Spex (Germany) - Top Albums of 2009	43
Les Inrock (France) - Top Albums of 2009	9
Rolling Stone - Argentina (Argentina) - Top Albums of 2009	48

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Artist	Album	Year	Buy at Amazon	Song Samples
Animal Collective	Merriweather Post Pavillion	2009
Gal Costa	Gal	1969		Listen
Dixie Chicks	Wide Open Spaces	1998		Listen
Helen Humes	Songs I Like to Sing!	1960
The Original Broadway Cast	Kiss Me Kate	1949		Listen
Phoenix	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix	2009
Buffy Sainte-Marie	It's My Way!	1964		Listen
Ravi Shankar	The Sounds of India	1958		Listen
Ravi Shankar	Three Ragas	1956		Listen
Vangelis	Blade Runner	1994		Listen