Tom Waits
Mule Variations









Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s (1999) 57
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012) 416
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
Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993-2006 (2006) 21
Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015) No Order
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums Since Autumn 1994 (2003) 43
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002) 51-100
La Mosca (Mexico) - Ten Years, Ten Albums 1994-2003 (2004?) No Order
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A-
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 4.5 Stars
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 7
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 4 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
Addicted to Noise (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Amazon.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 13
College Music Journal (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year 4
Magnet (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Pitchfork (USA) - Albums of the Year 7
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Wall of Sound (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
Hot Press (Ireland) - Albums of the Year 2
Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
The Wire (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year 21
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year 3
Aftonbladet (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 2
Bibel (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 7
Natt & Dag (Norway) - Albums of the Year 24
Nöjesguiden (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 17
Rumba (Finland) - Albums of the Year 4
Heaven (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 2
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 1
Intro (Germany) - Albums of the Year 19
Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 16
Rolling Stone (Germany) - Albums of the Year 2
Mondo Sonoro (Spain) - Albums of the Year 1
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year 10
BigO (Singapore) - Albums of the Year 14
Babylon (Greece) - Albums of the Year 48
OAZA (Yugoslavia) - Albums of the Year 21