Neil Young
Freedom
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| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
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Bill Shapiro (USA) - The Top 100 Rock Compact Discs (1991) | No Order |
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Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) | 145 |
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Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) | 85 |
| Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000)
| No Order |
| Slitz (Sweden) - 3 Foreign Albums by Year 1980-94 (1995) | No Order |
| OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1989)
| 15 |
| Max Magazine (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997) | 41 |
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Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) | 244 |
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Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997) | 101 |
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Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (1990) | 49 |
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Rolling Stone (Australia) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) | 85 |
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Buscadero (Italy) - The 120 Best Albums of the 1980s (1989) | No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 51-100 |
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Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1990) | No Order |
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Velvet (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of the 80s (1990) | No Order |
| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4.5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) | 3.5 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| A |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) | 3.5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) | 4 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) | 9 |
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Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 | 7 |
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Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) | 4 Stars |
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Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1995-1997) | 4 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 6.5 |
| End of Year Lists | |
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LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year | 1 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| Hot Press (Ireland) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 5 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 19 |
| Q (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 32 |
| Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| HUMO (Belgium) - Albums of the Year
| 6 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year
| 4 |
