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Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
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
Bob Gendron, AVGuide (USA) - The 10 Best Rock Records of the Nineties (2000) No Order
College Music Journal (USA) - Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
Edna Gundersen, USA Today (USA) - Top 40 Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Greatest CDs of All Time (1993) 28
Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999) 73
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 46
Nude as the News (USA) - The 100 Most Compelling Albums of the 90s (1999) 19
Paste (USA) - The 90 Best Albums of the 1990s (2012) 5
Pause & Play (USA) - 10 Albums of the 90's (2003) No Order
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) 5
Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1990s (2012) 4
Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018) No Order
Rod Underhill (USA) - The Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums (2003) 47
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s (2010) 4
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012) 63
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020) 124
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999) No Order
Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (2011) 54
Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995) 86
Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010) 1
Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015) 37
Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005) 11
Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999) 19
The Review, University of Delaware (USA) - 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2001) 90
Time (USA) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2006) No Order
Treble (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (10 per Year) (2008) 7
Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1990s (2015) No Order
VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of R 'N' R (2001) 65
Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums No Order
David Toop (UK) - Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds (1995) No Order
Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000) No Order
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (2006) 21
Hot Press (Ireland) - Top 100 Irish Albums (2004) 6
Hot Press (Ireland) -The 250 Greatest Irish Albums of All Time (2009) 2
Irish Times (Ireland) - The Top 40 Irish albums (2008) 2
Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007) No Order
NME (UK) - Nominations For the Best Albums of the 1990s (2012) No Order
NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013) 497
No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums 1990-1999 (2013) 36
Q (UK) - 100 Greatest Albums of the 1990s (2015) 57
Q (UK) - 90 Albums of the 90s (1999) No Order
Q (UK) - In Our Lifetime: Q's 100 Best Albums 1986-94 (1995) No Order
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
Q (UK) - Top 20 Albums from 1980-2004 (2004) 3
Q (UK) - Top 20 Albums from the Lifetime of Q (1986-2006) 6
Select (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 90s (1996) 24
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007) No Order
The Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997) 71
Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016) 94
Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 All-Time Greatest Albums (2013) 23
Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008 (2008) 3
Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 25 Greatest Albums, 1990-2014 (2015) No Order
Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995) 39
Eggen & Kartvedt (Norway) - The Guide to the 100 Important Rock Albums (1999) No Order
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004) No Order
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 2
Platekompaniet (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2001) 26
Slitz (Sweden) - 3 National and 3 Foreign Albums by Year 1980-94 (1995) No Order
Start! (Sweden) - The 25 Best Albums of the 90s (1996) 6
David Kleijwegt (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1999) 58
OOR (The Netherlands) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2007) 33
Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015) No Order
Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones) No Order
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - The 100 Masterpieces (1993) 96
Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (2010) 40
Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 90s (2005) 30
RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003) No Order
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 131
Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (2009) 41
FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008) 85
Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013) No Order
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - The 100 Best Albums 1986-1996 (1996) 82
Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - 100 Necessary Albums (2014) No Order
Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014) No Order
Telerama (France) - 50 LPs in the History of Rock (2004) 50
Plásticos y Decibelios (Spain) - The 80 Best Albums of All Time (2000) 25
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014) 65
Cameron Adams (Australia) - 100 Must Have Albums (2013) 11-100
Courier-Mail (Australia) - 50 Defining Rock Albums (2005) 31
Craig Mathieson & Toby Creswell (Australia) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2013) 21
Juice (Australia) - The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s (1999) 8
Juice (Australia) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997) 7
Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005) No Order
Sentire Ascoltare (Italy) - The 35 Best Rock Albums of the 1990s (2014) 24
Babylon (Greece) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999) 22
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003) No Order
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (2005) 37
Rolling Stone (Mexico) - The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2004) 11
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 Dud
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 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 8
Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001) 5 Stars
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" (1991-1997) 3 Stars
Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6
End of Year Lists
Grammy Awards (USA) - Album of the Year Nominee
LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 4
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year 19
Hot Press (Ireland) - Albums of the Year 2
NME (UK) - Albums of the Year 20
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
The Mercury Prize Nominees 1992-2003 (UK) Nominee
Vox (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year 10
Rumba (Finland) - Albums of the Year 3
HUMO (Belgium) - Albums of the Year 2
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 9
Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 4