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All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week No Order
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Slant (USA) - Top 25 Electronic Albums (2005) 26
Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Fields) - The Best Recordings from 1900 to 1999 No Order
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005) No Order
Channel 4 (UK) - 125 Nominations for the 100 Greatest Albums (2005) No Order
GQ (UK) - The 100 Coolest Albums in the World Right Now! (2005) 38
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989) 61
Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000) 37
Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003) No Order
NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006) 60
New Musical Express (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993) 118
New Musical Express (UK) - NME Rock Years, Albums of the Year 1963-99 (2000) No Order
Q (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2000) 69
Q (UK) - The 50 (+50) Best British Albums Ever (2004) 36
Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006) 19
Q (UK) - Top 20 Albums from 1980-2004 (2004) 18
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) 81
Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week No Order
The Observer (UK) - 50 Albums That Changed Music 1956-2006 (2006) 46
The Observer (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums (2004) 96
Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995) 101
Aftenposten (Norway) - Top 50 Albums of All Time (1999) 39
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004) No Order
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 7
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 101
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums from the 80s (2003) 27
Tempo (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums from the 80's (1989) 80
Plásticos y Decibelios (Spain) - The 80 Best Albums of All Time (2000) 60
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of 1980-86 (1987) 67
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (1990) 53
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002) 183
Alternative Melbourne (Australia) - The Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums (1996) 96
Rolling Stone (Australia) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) 78
List by Asian Critics - 100 Essential Albums (1998?) No Order
Yediot Ahonot (Israel) - Top 99 Albums of All Time (1999) 81
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade B-
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983) 3 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 3 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 9
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 8
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 4 Stars
José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997) 4 Stars
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 26
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year 9
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 6
Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 20
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year No Order


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