Acclaimed Music - The River
Bruce Springsteen
The River


All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year (1981) 1
LA Times (USA) - The Top 10 Albums of the 1980s (1989) 6
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) 86
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) 250
Rolling Stone (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years (1987) 63
Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) Catalog entry
Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s (2006) No Order
Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000) No Order
Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989) 52
New Musical Express (UK) - Some of the Greatest Double LPs Ever Issued (1991) 21
Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1986) 95
Eggen & Kartvedt (Norway) - The Guide to the 100 Important Rock Albums (1999) No Order
Expressen (Sweden) - The 100 Best Records Ever (1999) 52
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 101
Schlager (Sweden) - The 30 Best Albums of All Time (1984) 5
Slitz (Sweden) - 3 Foreign Albums by Year 1980-94 (1995) No Order
Slitz (Sweden) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1990) 16
OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 20th Century (1987) 94
OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1989) 17
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 258
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of 1980-86 (1987) 2
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (1990) 19
Rolling Stone (Australia) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) 86
CDNOW (Japan) - 100 Essential Albums (2001?) 47
Yediot Ahonot (Israel) - Top 99 Albums of All Time (1999) 58
Buscadero (Italy) - The 120 Best Albums of the 1980s (1989) No Order
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002) 51-100
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1990) No Order
Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month) No Order
Velvet (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of the 80s (1990) No Order
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006) 49
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 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 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 4 Stars
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 7
Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001) 3 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" (1995-1997) 4 Stars
José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997) 5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 9
End of Year Lists
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 12
Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year 4
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 2
Rockerilla (Italy) - Albums of the Year 5