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Murmur


All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Amazon.com (USA) - The 10 Best Albums by Decade (1999) 2
Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003) No Order
Blender (USA) - The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time (2002) 23
Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Greatest CDs of All Time (1993) 49
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 500 Best Albums Since 1965 422
Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999) 81
IE (USA) - 50 Great Albums, a Rock Time Capsule (1999) No Order
Infoplease.com (USA) - Must-Have Recordings (1998) No Order
Jim DeRogatis (USA) - The Great Albums No Order
KCPR DJs (USA) - Top 100 Records from the 80s (2002) 2
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 114
Pause & Play (USA) - 10 Albums of the 80's (2003) No Order
Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week No Order
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1980s (2002) 5
Radio WXPN (USA) - The 100 Most Progressive Albums (1996) 24
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) 197
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years (1987) 58
Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995) 8
The Sun (Canada) - The Best Albums from 1971 to 2000 (2001) No Order
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006) 2
VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of R 'N' R (2001) 92
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005) No Order
Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s (2006) No Order
Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums No Order
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989) 96
Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000) 49
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007) 75
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003) No Order
Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006) 6
Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week No Order
The Anarchist (UK) - The 33 Best Albums Ever (1997) 32
The Rough Guide - Rock: 100 Essential CDs (1999) No Order
Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005) 87
Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) 22
Vox (UK) - 100 Records that Shook the World (1991) No Order
Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995) 83
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004) No Order
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 3
OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1989) 30
Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1998) 100
Tempo (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums from the 80's (1989) 61
Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999) No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of 1980-86 (1987) 9
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (1990) 6
BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995) 16
Blue Jean (Turkey) - The Best Debut Albums Ever (2004) No Order
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002) 1-20
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1990) No Order
Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month) No Order
Velvet (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of the 80s (1990) No Order
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006) 7
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The 10 (+50) Most Important Albums of All Time (2004) 1
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The Best Albums of All Time (1993) 11
Showbizz (Brazil) - 100 CDs of All Time (1999) 100
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 5 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A-
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 5 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 5 Stars
Slant (USA) - The 50 Most Essential Pop Albums (2004) 5 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 10
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 9
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) 4.5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7.5
End of Year Lists
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year 7
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 33
Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year 11
Rockerilla (Italy) - Albums of the Year 9


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