Tracy Chapman
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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
Out (USA) - The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (2008) 3
Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week No Order
Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - 50 Essential Female Albums (2002) 28
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) 10
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012) 263
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020) 256
SheWired (USA) - The 100 Greatest Lesbian Albums of All Time (2011) 2
Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012) 49
Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) Main entry
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007) No Order
Q (UK) - In Our Lifetime: Q's 100 Best Albums 1986-94 (1995) No Order
The New Nation (UK) - Top 100 Albums by Black Artists 99
BR Puls (Germany) - Ruhmeshalle (Hall of Fame) No Order
Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones) No Order
RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003) No Order
Best (France) - Top 50 Albums of the 80s (1990) 30
Crossroads (France) - 120 Essential Albums from 1987-99 (2010) No Order
FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008) 189
FNAC (France) - The Ideal Discography: 823 Indispensables Albums (2015) Other
Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013) No Order
Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014) No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014) 301
Rolling Stone (Australia) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990) 10
Wu Zhengzhong (China?) - A Selection of 100 Rock Classics (1998) No Order
Buscadero (Italy) - The 120 Best Albums of the 1980s (1989) No Order
Jam (Italy) - 100 Ideal Albums to Understand Rock Music (2000) No Order
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002) 51-100
Rockstar (Italy) - The 100 Albums of the 80s (1989) 33
Velvet (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of the 80s (1990) No Order
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003) No Order
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4.5 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade B+
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 4.5 Stars
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 9
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 4.5 Stars
José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997) 4 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7
End of Year Lists
Grammy Awards (USA) - Album of the Year Nominee
LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year 14
NME (UK) - Albums of the Year 24
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year 1
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 14
Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 1
Best (France) - Albums of the Year 1
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year 8