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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus


Metacritic Reviews
All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Amazon.com (USA) - The Best of the Decade in Music... So Far (2006) No Order
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 180
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Stylus Decade (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 60
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005) No Order
Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007) No Order
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (2006) 87
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993-2006 (2006) 73
Rock's Back Pages (UK) - Top 176 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 19
The Times (UK) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 57
Uncut (UK) - Top 150 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 61
Digg (Belgium) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 20
OOR (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 42
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007) No Order
Heineken (Spain) - Top 50 International Albums of the 2000s (2009) 5
Muzikalia (Spain) - Top 62 Albums of the 2000s (2009) No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Top 100 International Albums of the 2000s (2009) 46
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade Choice Cut
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 88
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6
End of Year Lists
Amazon.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 12
College Music Journal (USA) - Albums of the Year 6
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year 11
No Depression (USA) - Albums of the Year 38
PopMatters (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Prefix (USA) - Albums of the Year 13
Stylus (USA) - Albums of the Year 7
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 25
woxy.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 20
Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 14
Planet Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year 43
Playlouder (UK) - Albums of the Year 6
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year 7
Rough Trade (UK) - Albums of the Year 8
Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year 13
Wire (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Word (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year 29
Gaffa (Denmark) - Albums of the Year 2
Panorama (Norway) - Albums of the Year 6
Rockmusica (Finland) - Albums of the Year 9
Rumba (Finland) - Albums of the Year 3
HUMO (Belgium) - Albums of the Year 3
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 2
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 41
Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik - Best of lists from each Quarter No Order
Rolling Stone (Germany) - Albums of the Year 11
Magic (France) - Albums of the Year 11
GO-MAG (Spain) - Albums of the Year 4
Mondo Sonoro (Spain) - Albums of the Year 6
Muzikalia (Spain) - Albums of the Year 8
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year 12
The Age (Australia) - Albums of the Year 1
Musica (Italy) - Albums of the Year 17
B92 (Serbia) - Albums of the Year 1
Monitor (Croatia) - Albums of the Year 4
Pure Pop (Mexico) - Albums of the Year 10


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