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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
Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003) No Order
Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 33
NPR (USA) - The 50 Most Important Recordings of the 2000s (2009) No Order
Paste (USA) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 33
Pause & Play (USA) - 10 Albums of the 00's (2003) No Order
Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week No Order
Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 (+50) Albums of the 2000s (2012) 118
Popdose (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 15
Rhapsody (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 9
Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012) 466
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020) 324
Rolling Stone (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 21
Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010) 107
Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015) 278
Treble (USA) - Top 150 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 119
Under the Radar (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 76
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993-2006 (2006) 100
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007) No Order
NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006) 67
NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013) 266
NME (UK) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2003) 40
Q (UK) - The 50 (+50) Best British Albums Ever (2004) 19
Q (UK) - Top 20 Albums from 1980-2004 (2004) 11
Q (UK) - Top 20 Albums from the Lifetime of Q (1986-2006) 13
Rock's Back Pages (UK) - Top 176 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 155.5
Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week No Order
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007) No Order
The Sun (UK) - Top 40 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 9
The Sunday Times (UK) - Top 30 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 20
The Times (UK) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 71
Uncut (UK) - Top 150 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 131
Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008 (2008) 49
Spinner (Canada) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 16
Adresseavisen (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 54
Dagsavisen (Norway) - The 21 Best Albums of the 21st Century (2005) 15
Radio Helsinki (Finland) - Top 20 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 10
Digg (Belgium) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 21
OOR (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 82
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) 91
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 133
Sounds (Germany) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 6
FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008) 173
Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013) No Order
Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - 100 Necessary Albums (2014) No Order
Rock & Folk (France) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) No Order
La Vanguardia (Spain) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 50
PlayGround (Spain) - Top 200 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 99
Cameron Adams (Australia) - 100 Must Have Albums (2013) 1-10
Rolling Stone & Borders (Australia) - 100 Must Have CDs (2007) No Order
Kalporz (Italy) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 23
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003) No Order
MusicServer (Czech Republic) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 28
Rolling Stone (Mexico) - The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2004) 11
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade *
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 9
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 80
Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 5
End of Year Lists
Amazon.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 20
Barnes & Noble.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 26
Billboard (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
Blender (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
CultureDose (USA) - Albums of the Year 9
Eonline (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
Hybrid (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Launch (USA) - Albums of the Year 4
Neumu (USA) - Albums of the Year 10
Paste (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year 26
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 9
Washington City Paper (USA) - Albums of the Year 26
woxy.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Amazon (UK) - Albums of the Year 11
BBC (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year 36
Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year 31
NME (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
Planet Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year 7
Playlouder (UK) - Albums of the Year 8
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
The Mercury Prize Nominees 1992-2003 (UK) Nominee
Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year 67
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year 3
Dagbladet (Norway) - Albums of the Year 19
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year 12
Rumba (Finland) - Albums of the Year 4
HUMO (Belgium) - Albums of the Year 13
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 7
Eins Live (Germany) - Albums of the Year 2
Intro (Germany) - Albums of the Year 9
Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 7
Plattentests (Germany) - Albums of the Year 5
Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik - Best of lists from each Quarter No Order
Rolling Stone (Germany) - Albums of the Year 8
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 15
Visions (Germany) - Albums of the Year 2
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Albums of the Year 42
Magic (France) - Albums of the Year 17
Popnews (France) - Albums of the Year 20
Mondo Sonoro (Spain) - Albums of the Year 9
Alias/Il Manifesto (Italy) - Albums of the Year 3
Blow Up (Italy) - Albums of the Year 24
Buscadero (Italy) - Albums of the Year 34
Kalporz (Italy) - Albums of the Year 15
Musica (Italy) - Albums of the Year No Order
Rockerilla (Italy) - Albums of the Year 5
Rockstar (Italy) - Albums of the Year 2
Rumore (Italy) - Albums of the Year 2
Tutto Musica (Italy) - Albums of the Year 2
Monitor (Croatia) - Albums of the Year 18