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Violator


All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Ned Raggett (USA) - The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties (1999) 2
Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week No Order
Pause & Play (USA) - The 90s Top 100 Essential Albums (1999) 11
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) 342
Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005) 103
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005) No Order
Muzik (UK) - Top 50 Dance Albums of All Time (2002) 30
Q (UK) - In Our Lifetime: Q's 100 Best Albums 1986-94 (1995) No Order
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
Select (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 90s (1996) 66
Terrorizer (UK) - The 100 Most Important Albums of the 90s (2000) No Order
Expressen (Sweden) - The 100 Best Records Ever (1999) 67
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 3
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 101
Musik Express (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 90s (2005) 50
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll (2004) No Order
The Movement (New Zealand) - The 101 Best Albums of the 90s (2004) 79
Babylon (Greece) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999) 11
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (2005) 86
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 1 Bone
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade C-
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 3.5 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 4.5 Stars
Slant (USA) - The 50 Most Essential Pop Albums (2004) 4.5 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 8
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 7
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 4 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 5
End of Year Lists
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 50
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Select (UK) - Albums of the Year 3
Vox (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year 47


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