Acclaimed Music - All Critics Lists
All critics lists




Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)


Chuck Eddy (USA) - The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'Roll (1997)


Complete Book of the British Charts (UK, 2001) - Jon Kutner's Top 10 Albums


Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)


Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 15 Greatest Singles from 1979 (1999)


Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002)


Heartaches By the Number: Country Music's 500 Greatest Singles (USA, 2003)


Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10


Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003)


MusicHound Country (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)


MusicHound R&B (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)


MusicHound Rock (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)


Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003)


Paul Williams (USA) - Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1993)


Paul Williams (USA) - The 20th Century's Greatest Hits (1998)


Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade


Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983)


Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)


Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)


Stephen Spignesi and Michael Lewis (USA) - The 100 Best Beatles Songs (2004)












The Rough Guide - Rock: 100 Essential CDs (1999)






Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002)


Bill Shapiro (USA) - The Top 100 Rock Compact Discs (1991)


Guinness Book of Hits of the '60s (UK, 1984) - Jo Rice's Top 10 Songs


Jimmy Guterman (USA) - The Best Rock and Roll Records (online version)


John Tobler (UK) - 100 Great Albums of the Sixties (1994)


Nick Hornby (UK) - 31 Songs (2003)


Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, Rob's All Time Top 5 Songs + songs that almost made it


Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1977)


Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1987)


Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001)


Robert Santelli - Sixties Rock: The 25 Best Albums of the 60s (1985)
2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
97X (USA) - The 500 Best Modern Rock Songs of All Time (2006)
A.V. Club (USA) - Albums of the Year
APRA (Australia) - The 10 (+20) Best Australian Songs (2001)
APRA - Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time (2001)
Addicted to Noise (USA) - Albums of the Year
Adresseavisen (Norway) - 10 Essential Live Albums (1995)
Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995)
Afropop Worldwide (USA) - Albums of the Year
Aftenposten (Norway) - Albums of the Year
Aftenposten (Norway) - Top 50 Albums of All Time (1999)
Aftonbladet (Sweden) - Albums of the Year
Alias/Il Manifesto (Italy) - Albums of the Year
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
All Music Guide (USA) - Album of the Year
All Music Guide (USA) - Singles of the Year
Allan Kozinn, AVGuide (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Albums of the Century (2000)
Aloha (Netherlands) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1999)
Aloha/Hitweek (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
Aloha/Hitweek (Netherlands) - Top 12 Albums from 1966-1969 (1970)
Alternative Melbourne (Australia) - The Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums (1996)
Alternative Press (USA) - Albums of the Year
Alternative Press (USA) - The 90 Greatest Albums of the 90s (1998)
Alternative Press (USA) - Top 99 Albums of '85 to '95 (1995)
Amazon.ca (Canada) - The Top 50 Canadian Albums of All Time (2004?)
Amazon.com (USA) - Albums of the Year
Amazon.com (USA) - The Best of the Decade in Music... So Far (2006)
Americana-UK (UK) - Albums of the Year
Americana-UK (UK) - Albums of the Year
Amplifier (USA) - Albums of the Year
Associated Press - Albums of the Year
Associated Press - The 10 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999)
Attitude (UK) - Top 50 Gay Albums of All Time
Audiogalaxy (USA) - Albums of the Year
B92 Net Radio (Serbia) - Albums of the Year
B92 Net Radio (Serbia) - Singles of the Year
BBC (UK) - Albums of the Year
BBC Radio2 (UK) - Sold on Song, a Celebration of Great Songs and Songwriting
BOOMKAT (UK) - Albums of the Year
Babylon (Greece) - Albums of the Year
Babylon (Greece) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999)
Baltimore City Paper (USA) - Albums of the Year
Baltimore City Paper (USA) - Singles of the Year
Bang (UK) - Albums of the Year
Barnes & Noble.com (USA) - Albums of the Year
Barnes & Noble.com (USA) - The Best Music of the 20th Century (1999)
Beat (Norway) - Albums of the Year
Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1998)
Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998)
Best (France) - Albums of the Year
Best (France) - Singles of the Year
Best (France) - Top 50 Albums of the 80s (1990)
Bibel (Sweden) - Albums of the Year
Bibel (Sweden) - Singles of the Year
BigO (Singapore) - Albums of the Year
BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
Billboard (USA) - Albums of the Year
Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
Blender (USA) - Albums of the Year
Blender (USA) - Songs of the Year
Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
Blender (USA) - The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time (2002)
Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2003)
Blender (USA) - The Greatest Songs Ever, One Song Added Every Other Month
Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
Blitz (Portugal) - Albums of the Year
Blow Up (Italy) - 100 Songs to Remember (2006)
Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005)
Blow Up (Italy) - Albums of the Year
Blue Jean (Turkey) - The Best Debut Albums Ever (2004)
Bob Gendron, AVGuide (USA) - The 10 Best Rock Records of the Nineties (2000)
Buscadero (Italy) - Albums of the Year
Buscadero (Italy) - The 120 Best Albums of the 1980s (1989)
Buscadero (Italy) - The Best Albums from the 1950s to the 1980s (1990)
CD Drome (Spain) - Albums of the Year
CDNOW (Japan) - 100 Essential Albums (2001?)
CMT (USA) - Impact: Songs That Changed the World (2002)
CMT (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music (2003)
Channel 4 (UK) - 125 Nominations for the 100 Greatest Albums (2005)
Chartattack (Canada) - Albums of the Year
Chartattack (Canada) - The 100 Best Canadian Albums of All Time (1996)
Chartattack (Canada) - The 100 Best Canadian Singles of All Time (1996)
Chartattack (Canada) - The 50 Best Canadian Albums of All Time (2000)
Chartattack (Canada) - The 50 Best Canadian Singles of All Time (2000)
Ciao2001 (Italy) - Top Albums of All Time (1972)
Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 70s (2006)
Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s (2006)
Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 90s (2006)
Classic Rock (UK) - Albums of the Year
Classic Rock (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever (2006)
Classic Rock (UK) - The 100 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time (2001)
Cokemachineglow.com (Canada) - Albums of the Year
Cokemachineglow.com (Canada) - The 60 Best Albums of 2000-2004 (2005)
Colin Larkin (UK) - The All-Time Top 100 Singles (2000)
College Music Journal (USA) - Albums of the Year
Complete Book of the British Charts (UK, 2001) - Jon Kutner's Top 10 Singles
Complete Book of the British Charts (UK, 2001) - Neil Warwick's Top 10 Albums
Complete Book of the British Charts (UK, 2001) - Neil Warwick's Top 10 Singles
Complete Book of the British Charts (UK, 2001) - Tony Brown's Top 10 Albums
Complete Book of the British Charts (UK, 2001) - Tony Brown's Top 10 Singles
Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums
Courier-Mail (Australia) - 50 Defining Rock Albums (2005)
Creem (USA) - Albums of the Year
CultureDose (USA) - Albums of the Year
DJ Magazine (UK) - The Top 50 Most Influential Dance Albums Since 1991 (2006)
DNMusica (Portugal) - Albums of the Year
Dagbladet (Norway) - Albums of the Year
Dagbladet (Norway) - The 40 Best Norwegian Albums of All Time (2003)
Dagbladet (Norway) - The Best Albums of the Century (1999)
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Singles of the Year
Dagsavisen (Norway) - The 21 Best Albums of the 21st Century (2005)
Daily California (USA) - Albums of the Year
Dance de Lux (Spain) - The 25 Best Hip-Hop Records (2001)
Dance de Lux (Spain) - The 50 Best Electronic Records of 1985-2005 (2005)
Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year (1981)
Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981)
Dave Marsh (USA) - Postscript (102 Songs) to The Heart of Rock & Soul (1998)
David Keenan, Sunday Herald (USA) - The 103 Best Albums Ever, Honest (2001)
David Kleijwegt (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1999)
Decibel (USA) - Albums of the Year
Diario de Noticias (Portugal) - Albums of the Year
Discoplay (Spain) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997)
Dotmusic (UK) - Albums of the Year
Dotmusic (UK) - Singles of the Year
Double Time (USA) - Top 100 Historically Significant Recordings
Downbeat (USA) - The Top 50 Blues Albums of the Past 50 Years (2003)
Drowned in Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year
Eagle Rock (UK/USA) - Classic Albums TV Series (1997-2002)
Edna Gundersen, USA Today (USA) - Top 40 Albums of All Time (2003)
Efe Eme (Spain) - Albums of the Year
Eggen & Kartvedt (Norway) - The Guide to the 100 Important Rock Albums (1999)
Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 (1999)
Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 (1999)
Eins Live (Germany) - Albums of the Year
Eins Live (Germany) - Singles of the Year
El Pais (Spain) - The Perfect Record Collection (1994)
Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000)
Elvis Costello - The Best Songs from the 500 Best Albums Ever (2000)
Entertainment Weekly (USA) - Albums of the Year
Entertainment Weekly (USA) - Singles of the Year
Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Greatest CDs of All Time (1993)
Eonline (USA) - Albums of the Year
Epoca (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1988)
Exclaim (Canada) - 100 Records that Rocked 100 Issues (2000)
Exposure (Canada) - 50 Greatest Albums not to make the Greatest Albums lists (2005)
Expressen (Sweden) - Albums of the Year
Expressen (Sweden) - The 100 Best Records Ever (1999)
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year
Eye Weekly Writers (Canada) - Albums of the Year
Eye Weekly Writers (Canada) - Singles of the Year
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year
Face (UK) - Singles of the Year
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 500 Best Albums Since 1965
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The Best Albums from 1949-64
Filter (USA) - Albums of the Year
Fred Kaplan (USA) - Top 100 Jazz Albums of the Twentieth Century
Fred Muller, AudioEnz (New Zealand) - The 10 Best Albums of the Rock Era (2001)
Free Williamsburg (USA) - Albums of the Year
Free Williamsburg (USA) - Single of the Year
GO-MAG (Spain) - Albums of the Year
GO-MAG (Spain) - Singles of the Year
GQ (UK) - The 100 Coolest Albums in the World Right Now! (2005)
GQ (USA) - The 40 Best Albums of the 21st Century (2003)
Gaesteliste (Germany) - Albums of the Year
Gaesteliste (Germany) - Singles of the Year
Gaffa (Denmark) - Albums of the Year
Gaffa (Denmark) - Singles of the Year
Gallery of Sound (USA) - Albums of the Year
Garin Pirnia, Glide (USA) - 20 Top Modern Rock Songs of 1994-2004
Gary Pig Gold (Canada) - The 40 Most Influental Records of the 20th Century (1999)
Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999)
Glide (USA) - Albums of the Year
Grammy Awards (USA) - Album of the Year
Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: "Treasure Island" Albums (1979)
Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: "Treasure Island" Singles (1979)
Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: Contributors and Their Albums (1979)
Groove (Sweden) - Albums of the Year
Guardian (UK) - 100 Albums that Don't Appear in All Other Top 100 Album Lists (1999)
Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997)
Guinness Book of Hits of the '60s (UK, 1984) - Mike Read's Top 10 Songs
Guinness Book of Hits of the '60s (UK, 1984) - Paul Gambaccini's Top 10 Songs
Guinness Book of Hits of the '60s (UK, 1984) - Tim Rice's Top 10 Songs
Guitar (Germany) - Top 50 Guitar Albums (1996)
Guitar (UK) - Albums of the Year
Guitarist (UK) - 101 Essential Guitar Albums (2000)
Guitarist (UK) - The Top 50 Most Influential Guitar Albums of All Time (1994)
H Magazine (Spain) - Albums of the Year
HARP (USA) - Albums of the Year
HARP (USA) - The 50 Most Essential Albums Since 2001 (2006)
HITS (USA) - Albums of the Year
HUMO (Belgium) - Albums of the Year
HX (USA) - The New York DJs Best Dance Song of the 90s (1999)
HarperCollins GEM (UK) - Single of the Year 1949-99 (1999)
Heaven (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - Albums of the Year
Hip-Hop Connection (UK) - The 100 Greatest Rap Albums 1995-2005
Hissig (Norway) - Albums of the Year
Hot Press (Ireland) - 10 Best Irish Albums of the Past 10 Years (2006)
Hot Press (Ireland) - Albums of the Year
Hot Press (Ireland) - Singles of the Year
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (2006)
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989)
Hot Press (Ireland) - Top 100 Irish Albums (2004)
Hybrid (USA) - Albums of the Year
IE (USA) - 50 Great Albums, a Rock Time Capsule (1999)
Idolator (USA) - Albums of the Year (Jackin' Pop Poll)
Idolator (USA) - Singles of the Year (Jackin' Pop Poll)
Iguana (Spain) - Albums of the Year
Iguana (Spain) - Songs of the Year
Il Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Essential Jazz Albums (2004)
Infoplease.com (USA) - Must-Have Recordings (1998)
Ink Blot (USA) - Albums of the 90s (2000)
Ink Blot (USA) - Albums of the Year
Ink Blot (USA) - Single of the 90s (2000)
Ink Blot (USA) - Single of the Year
Inpress (Australia) - Albums of the Year
Intro (Germany) - Albums of the Year
Intro (Germany) - Singles of the Year
Jam (Italy) - 100 Ideal Albums to Understand Rock Music (2000)
Jazz 88.3 FM (USA) - 88 Jazz Recordings You Should Have in Your Jazz Collection