Steve Earle
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Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003) No Order
Paste (USA) - The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012) 54
Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) 79
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012) 482
Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010) 83
Stereophile (USA) - 40 Years of Stereophile: The 40 (+94) Essential Albums (2002) No Order
Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) Catalog entry
Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s (2006) No Order
The Rough Guide - Country: 100 Essential CDs (2000) No Order
Dagbladet (Norway) - The Best Albums of the Century (1999) No Order
Crossroads (France) - 120 Essential Albums from 1979-86 (2010) No Order
Juan Vitoria (Spain) - 350 Masterpieces of Contemporary Music to Discover (2005) No Order
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A-
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 3.5 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 5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 13
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year 28
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 45