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All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
IE (USA) - 50 Great Albums, a Rock Time Capsule (1999) No Order
KCPR DJs (USA) - Top 100 Records from the 80s (2002) 69
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 137
Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1987) 47
Stereophile (USA) - 40 Years of Stereophile: The 40 (+94) Essential Albums (2002) No Order
Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) Catalog entry
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006) 10
Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000) No Order
Guitarist (UK) - The Top 50 Most Influential Guitar Albums of All Time (1994) 30
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989) 71
Hot Press (Ireland) - Top 100 Irish Albums (2004) 9
Sounds (UK) - The Top 80 Albums from the '80s (1989) 59
The Times (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1993) 100
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 13
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 374
Best (France) - Top 50 Albums of the 80s (1990) 45
FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008) 727
Buscadero (Italy) - The 120 Best Albums of the 1980s (1989) No Order
Epoca (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1988) 21
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1990) No Order
Rockstar (Italy) - The 100 Albums of the 80s (1989) 27
Jerzy Skarzynski (Poland) - Unforgettable Albums in Rock History (2004) No Order
Tylko Rock (Poland) - 100 Albums that Shook Polish Rock (1999) 55
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade B+
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 4.5 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 7
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
Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1995-1997) 4 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 29
Hot Press (Ireland) - Albums of the Year 2
Kerrang (UK) - Albums of the Year 12
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year 8
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 35
Schlager (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 11
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 4
Rockerilla (Italy) - Albums of the Year 21


These critics also liked the following albums:

ArtistAlbumYear Buy at
Amazon		Song
Samples
Janis Joplin
 Pearl
 1971
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Little Feat
 Feats Don't Fail Me Now
 1974
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The Police
 Synchronicity
 1983
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Prince and The Revolution
 Purple Rain
 1984
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R.E.M.
 Document
 1987
R.E.M.
 Green
 1988
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Bruce Springsteen
 Born in the U.S.A.
 1984
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Bruce Springsteen
 Tunnel of Love
 1987
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Sting
 The Dream of the Blue Turtles
 1985
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Neil Young
 Freedom
 1989
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