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| David Keenan, Sunday Herald (USA) - The 103 Best Albums Ever, Honest (2001)
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| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 465 |
| Paste (USA) - The 60 Best Albums of the 1960s (2012)
| 18 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (2017)
| 27 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
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| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 258 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 384 |
| Stylus (USA) - Top 101-200 Albums of All time (2004)
| 152 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Main entry |
| Treble (USA) - Best of the '60s Project (2004)
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| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1960s (2015)
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| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
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| Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums
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| Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (2006)
| 99 |
| John Tobler (UK) - 100 Great Albums of the Sixties (1994)
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| Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001)
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| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made (1995)
| 91 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
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| NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006)
| 25 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 270 |
| Q (UK) - The 50 (+50) Best British Albums Ever (2004)
| 21 |
| Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week
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| The Observer (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums (2004)
| 57 |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 37 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 All-Time Greatest Albums (2013)
| 71 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| Tor Milde (Norway) - The 100 Best Pop and Rock Albums of All Time (2004)
| 77 |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
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| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 66 |
| Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1960s (2009)
| 49 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 5 |
| Crossroads (France) - 100 Essential Albums from 1960-68 (2009)
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| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
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| Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007)
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| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll (2004)
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| Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010)
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| Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014)
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| Rock & Folk (France) - The 250 Best Albums from 1966-1991 (1991)
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| Rock & Folk (France) - The 300 Best Albums from 1965-1995 (1995)
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| Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999)
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| Telerama (France) - 50 LPs in the History of Rock (2004)
| 17 |
| VOLUME (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World (2008)
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| Alternative Melbourne (Australia) - The Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums (1996)
| 46 |
| Craig Mathieson & Toby Creswell (Australia) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2013)
| 85 |
| Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005)
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| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
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| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
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| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 4.5 Bones |
| 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 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 8 |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002)
| 5 Stars |
| Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1991-1997)
| 4 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7 |