John Cale
Paris 1919









Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1977) 155
Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1987) 57
Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018) No Order
Trouser (USA) - The Best Albums from 1970-79 (1980) No Order
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005) No Order
WOEBOT (Matthew Ingram, USA) - The 100 Greatest Records Ever (2005) 12
NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1985) 91
Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007) No Order
The Wire (UK) - 100 (+30) Records That Set the World on Fire (1998) No Order
Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016) 99
Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995) 78
RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003) No Order
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 82
Spex (Germany) - The 100 (+17) Albums of the Century (1999) 26
Uwe Schütte (Germany) - Basis-Diskothek Rock und Pop (2011) No Order
ZEIT (Germany) - 100 Modern Classics (2007) No Order
Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013) No Order
Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007) No Order
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll (2004) No Order
Liberation (France) - Best Albums 1968-88 (1988) 90
MUZIQ (France) - 200 Records for a Dream Collection (2007) No Order
Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010) No Order
Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014) No Order
Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999) No Order
Juan Vitoria (Spain) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (1993) No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (1988) 41
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002) 113
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003) No Order
Yediot Ahonot (Israel) - Top 99 Albums of All Time (1999) 62
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade B+
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983) 4 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 3.5 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 4.5 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 10
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) 4 Stars
Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1991-1997) GOLD
Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997) 3 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6
End of Year Lists
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 44