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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) 3
Associated Press - The 10 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999) No Order
Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003) No Order
Blender (USA) - The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time (2002) 44
CDNOW (USA) - The 10 (+5) Essential Records of the 90s (2002) No Order
Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 (1999) 1
Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999) 93
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 104
Nude as the News (USA) - The 100 Most Compelling Albums of the 90s (1999) 71
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
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s (2003) 79
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) 137
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999) No Order
Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005) 35
Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999) 8
Stylus (USA) - Top 101-200 Albums of All time (2004) 142
The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (1998) No Order
Time (USA) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2006) No Order
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005) No Order
Vibe (USA) - 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century (1999) No Order
Vibe (USA) - 51 Albums representing a Generation, a Sound and a Movement (2004) No Order
DJ Magazine (UK) - The Top 50 Most Influential Dance Albums Since 1991 (2006) 23
Mixmag (UK) - The 100 Best Dance Albums of All Time (1996) 28
Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003) No Order
Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
Q (UK) - 90 Albums of the 90s (1999) No Order
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
Select (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 90s (1996) 79
The New Nation (UK) - Top 100 Albums by Black Artists 18
Eggen & Kartvedt (Norway) - The Guide to the 100 Important Rock Albums (1999) No Order
Expressen (Sweden) - The 100 Best Records Ever (1999) 68
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004) No Order
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 101
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 365
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll (2004) No Order
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - The 100 Best Albums 1986-1996 (1996) 74
Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999) No Order
Technikart (France) - 50 Albums from the Last 10 Years (1997) No Order
Dance de Lux (Spain) - The 25 Best Hip-Hop Records (2001) 8
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 150 Best Albums from the 90s (2000) 90
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002) 185
Juice (Australia) - The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s (1999) 15
The Movement (New Zealand) - The 101 Best Albums of the 90s (2004) 27
Yediot Ahonot (Israel) - Top 99 Albums of All Time (1999) 97
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4.5 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade C+
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 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) 7
End of Year Lists
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year 21
LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year 9
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 6
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year 4
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Pop (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 11
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 43
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 38
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 11


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