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Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003) No Order
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015) 24
Infoplease.com (USA) - Must-Have Recordings (1998) No Order
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 180
Neil Strauss (USA) - The 100 Most Influential Alternative Albums (1993) No Order
Paste (USA) - The 70 Best Albums of the 1970s (2012) 56
Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1987) 41
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2004) 8
Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2013) 81
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) 63
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012) 483
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020) 273
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997) No Order
Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995) 15
Stylus (USA) - Top 101-200 Albums of All time (2004) 130
Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) Main entry
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 70s, by Year (2005) 3
Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums No Order
Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006) No Order
Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007) 77
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007) No Order
NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1985) 59
NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993) 142
NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006) 64
NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013) 159
No Ripcord (UK) - Top 100 Debut Albums (2011) 53
Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
Q (UK) - The 50 (+50) Best British Albums Ever (2004) 35
Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1986) 46
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007) No Order
The Observer (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums (2004) 55
The Rough Guide - Rock: 100 Essential CDs (1999) No Order
Time Out (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989) 78
Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016) 139
Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) 33
Vox (UK) - 100 Records that Shook the World (1991) No Order
OOR (The Netherlands) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2007) 59
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
BR Puls (Germany) - Ruhmeshalle (Hall of Fame) No Order
Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones) No Order
Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Debut Albums (2006) No Order
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 221
Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006) 5
FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008) 774
Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013) No Order
Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007) No Order
Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010) No Order
Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - Rock'n'Roll: La Discotèque Idéale (2005) No Order
Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014) No Order
VOLUME (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World (2008) No Order
Juan Vitoria (Spain) - 350 Masterpieces of Contemporary Music to Discover (2005) No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (1988) 62
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002) 112
Craig Mathieson & Toby Creswell (Australia) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2013) 94
Rolling Stone (Australia) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) 63
BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995) 9
Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005) No Order
Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month) No Order
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003) No Order
Showbizz (Brazil) - 100 CDs of All Time (1999) 34
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983) 5 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 4.5 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 5 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 10
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 4 Stars
Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 10
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year 3
NME (UK) - Albums of the Year 5
Rockerilla (Italy) - Albums of the Year 12