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OOR (nr. 25/26 Dec. 78)
CRITICS TOP 20 (ALBUMS) 1978
- Elvis COSTELLO: This Years Model
- TALKING HEADS: More Songs About Buildings And Food
- DIRE STRAITS: Dire Straits
- Bruce SPRINGSTEEN: Darkness On The Edge Of Town
- Gerry RAFFERTY: City To City
- PERE UBU: The Modern Dance
- Herman BROOD & HIS WILD ROMANCE: Shpritsz
- Dave EDMUNDS: Tracks On Wax
- SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: Hearts Of Stone
- ROLLING STONES: Some Girls
- GRUPPO SPORTIVO: Back To 78
- Nick LOWE: Jesus Of Cool
- Todd RUNDGREN: Hermit Of Mink Hollow
- CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: Shiny Beast
- BLONDIE: Parallel Lines
- MAGAZINE: Real Life
- BILLY JOEL: 52nd Street
- 10 CC: Bloody Tourists
- XTC: White Music
- David BOWIE: Stage
- ASHFORD & SIMPSON: Is It Still Good To Ya
OOR (nr. 25/26 Dec. 79)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1979
- Ry COODER: Bop Till You Drop
- TALKING HEADS: Fear Of Music
- Linton KWESI JOHNSON: Forces Of Victory
- Joe JACKSON: Look Sharp!
- The UNDERTONES: The Undertones
- The POLICE: Regatta De Blanc
- Ian DURY: Do It Yourself
- STIFF LITTLE FINGERS: Inflammable Material
- The POLICE: Outlandos DAmour
- Frank ZAPPA: Joes Garage Act 1
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OOR (nr. 25/26 17 Dec. 80)
CRITICS TOP 20 (ALBUMS) 1980
- TALKING HEADS: Remain In Light
- Bruce SPRINGSTEEN: The River
- CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND: Doc At The Radar Station
- JOY DIVISION: Closer
- PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.: Metal Box
- The CURE: Seventeen Seconds
- DIRE STRAITS: Making Movies
- Joe JACKSON: Beat Crazy
- John HIATT: Two Bit Monsters
- ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: Crocodiles
- Graham PARKER: The Up Escalator
- JOHNNY G: G-Beat
- The CLASH: London Calling
- David BOWIE: Scary Monsters
- U2: Boy
- John MARTYN: Grace & Danger
- Jack BRUCE & FRIENDS: Ive Always Wanted To Do This
OOR (nr. 25/26 16 Dec. 81)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1981
- U2: October
- Grace JONES: Nightclubbing
- BLACK UHURU: Red
- David THOMAS & THE PEDESTRIANS: The Sound Of The Sand & Other Songs Of
The Pedestrian
- MINK DEVILLE: Coup De Grâce
- Steve WINWOOD: Arc Of A Diver
- KING CRIMSON: Discipline
- PIL: The Flowers Of Romance
- SCARS: Author! Author!
- ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: Heaven Up Here
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OOR (nr. 25/26 15 Dec. 82)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1982
- Joe JACKSON: Night And Day
- SIMPLE MINDS: New Gold Dream
- PERE UBU: Song Of The Bailing Man
- Marvin GAYE: Midnight Love
- XTC: English Settlement
- Kevin ROWLAND & DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS: Too-Rye-Ay
- Bruce SPRINGSTEEN: Nebraska
- Elvis COSTELLO: Imperial Bedroom
- Laurie ANDERSON: Big Science
- COMSAT ANGELS: Fiction
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OOR (nr. 25/26 17 Dec. 83)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1983
- Tom WAITS: Swordfishtrombones
- CLOCK DVA: Advantage
- Elvis COSTELLO: Punch The Clock
- KING SUNNY ADÉ & HIS AFRICAN BEATS: Synchro System
- THE THE: Soul Mining
- KOWALSKI: Schlagende Wetter
- Anita BAKER: The Songstress
- John HIATT: Riding With The King
- YELLO: You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess
- Die HAUT: Burnin The Ice
OOR (nr. 25/26 15 Dec. 84)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1984
- Nick CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: From Her To Eternity
- The GUN CLUB: The Las Vegas Story
- PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION: Purple Rain
- David SYLVIAN: Brilliant Trees
- SCRAPING FOETUS OFF THE WHEEL: Hole
- Bruce SPRINGSTEEN: Born In The U.S.A.
- Scott WALKER: Climate Of Hunter
- ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: Ocean Rain
- U2: The Unforgettable Fire
- Holger HILLER: Ein Bündel Fäulnis In Der Grube
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OOR (nr. 25/26 14 Dec. 85)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1985
- Tom WAITS: Rain Dogs
- Chris ISAAK: Silvertone
- STING: The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
- The POGUES: Rum Sodomy & The Lash
- TALKING HEADS: Little Creatures
- The JESUS & MARY CHAIN: Psychocandy
- Nick CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: The Firstborn Is Dead
- JASON & THE SCORCHERS: Lost & Found
- R.E.M.: Fables Of The Reconstruction/Reconstruction Of The Fables
- SCRAPING FOETUS OFF THE WHEEL: Nail
OOR (nr. 25/26 12 Dec. 86)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1986
- PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION: Parade
- Paul SIMON: Graceland
- R.E.M.: Lifes Rich Pageant
- THE THE: Infected
- Peter GABRIEL: So
- Peter CASE: Peter CASE
- Bruce SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND: Live/1975-85
- FRANCO & LE T.P.O.K. JAZZ: A Nairobi
- Elvis COSTELLO: King Of America
- SONIC YOUTH: Evol
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OOR (nr. 25/26 12 Dec. 87)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1987
- PRINCE: Sign O The Times
- Bruce SPRINGSTEEN: Tunnel Of Love
- John HIATT: Bring The Family
- SONIC YOUTH: Sister
- The TRIFFIDS: Calenture
- R.E.M.: Document
- Tom WAITS: Franks Wild Years
- Robbie ROBERTSON; Robbie Robertson
- The REPLACEMENTS: Pleased To Meet Me
- SWANS: Children Of God
OOR (nr. 25/26 17 Dec. 88)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1988
- WOMACK & WOMACK: Conscience
- PUBLIC ENEMY: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
- R.E.M.: Green
- Nick CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: Tender Prey
- PIXIES: Surfer Rosa
- PRINCE: Lovesexy
- SONIC YOUTH: Daydream Nation
- POGUES: If I Should Fall From Grace With God
- The HOUSE OF LOVE: The House Of Love
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OOR (nr. 25/26 16 Dec. 89)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1989
- Lou REED: New York
- Neil YOUNG: Freedom
- URBAN DANCE SQUAD: Mental Floss For The Globe
- NEVILLE BROTHERS: Yellow Moon
- Lenny KRAVITZ: Let Love Rule
- DE LA SOUL: 3 Feet High And Rising
- Peter CASE: The Man With The Blue Postmodern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist
Guitar
- Daniel LANOIS: Acadie
- Gavin FRIDAY & THE MAN SEEZER: Each Man Kills The Thing He Loves
- MASTERS OF REALITY: Masters Of Reality
OOR (nr. 25/26 15 Dec. 90)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1990
- LIVING COLOUR: Times Up
- Neil YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE: Ragged Glory
- WORLD PARTY: Goodbye Jumbo
- The POGUES: Hells Ditch
- PUBLIC ENEMY: Fear Of A Black Planet
- Nick CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: The Good Son
- PIXIES: Bossanova
- Lou REED & John CALE: Songs For Drella
- The SERENES: Barefoot & Pregnant
- John HIATT: Stolen Moments
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OOR (nr. 25/26 14 Dec. 91)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1991
- NIRVANA: Nevermind
- R.E.M.: Out Of Time
- MASSIVE ATTACK: Blue Lines
- Richard THOMPSON: Rumor And Sigh
- Lenny KRAVITZ: Mama Said
- URBAN DANCE SQUAD: Life N Perspectives Of A Genuine Crossover
- PUBLIC ENEMY: Apocalypse 91
The Enemy Strikes Black
- The TRAGICALLY HIP: Road Apples
- CROWDED HOUSE: Woodface
- U2: Achtung Baby
OOR (nr. 25/26 12 Dec. 92)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1992
- Tom WAITS: Bone Machine
- ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT: 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of
- LOS LOBOS: Kiko
- R.E.M.: Automatic For The People
- GANG STARR: Daily Operation
- The BLACK CROWES: The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
- SUGAR: Copper Blue
- SONIC YOUTH: Dirty
- DISPOSABLE HEROES OF HIPHOPRISY: Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
- Peter GABRIEL: Us
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OOR (nr. 25/26 11 Dec. 93)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1993
- The LEMONHEADS: Come On Feel The Lemonheads
- SMASHING PUMPKINS: Siamese Dream
- BUFFALO TOM: Big Red Letter Day
- Mick JAGGER: Wandering Spirit
- CYPRESS HILL: Black Sunday
- Liz PHAIR: Exile In Guyville
- SUEDE: Suede
- BJÖRK: Debut
- AEROSMITH: Get A Grip
- John HIATT: Perfectly Good Guitar
OOR (nr. 25/26 17 Dec. 94)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1994
- SPEARHEAD: Home
- Johnny CASH: American Recordings
- BEASTIE BOYS: Ill Communication
- PAVEMENT: Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
- SOUNDGARDEN: Superunknown
- UNDERWORLD: Dubnobasswithmyheadman
- Dan PENN: Do Right Man
- Jeff BUCKLEY: Grace
- OASIS: Definitely Maybe
- GUIDED BY VOICES: Bee Thousand
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OOR (nr. 25/26 16 Dec. 95)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1995
- OASIS: (Whats The Story) Morning Glory?
- SMASHING PUMPKINS: Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
- TRICKY: Maxinquaye
- GOLDIE: Timeless
- PJ HARVEY: To Bring You My Love
- CHEMICAL BROTHERS: Exit Planet Dust
- MONSTER MAGNET: Dopes To Infinity
- The PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: The Presidents Of The United
States Of America
- SUPERGRASS: I Should Coco
- GUIDED BY VOICES: Alien Lanes
OOR (nr. 25/26 14 Dec. 96)
CRITICS TOP 10 (ALBUMS) 1996
- BECK: Odelay
- DJ SHADOW: Endtroducing
- FUN LOVING CRIMINALS: Come Find Yourself
- 16 HORSEPOWER: Sackcloth N Ashes
- SPARKLEHORSE: Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
- SUEDE: Coming Up
- KULA SHAKER: K
- TOOL: Aenima
- EELS: Beautiful Freak
- JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION: Now I Got Worry
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OOR CRITICS TOP 100 ALBUMS - 1997
- OK Computer...Radiohead Parlophone/EMI
- New Forms...Reprazent featuring Roni Size Talking Loud/Mercury
- Buena Vista Social Club...Ry Cooder World Circuit/Munich
- Urban Hymns...The Verve Hut/Virgin
- The Fat Of The Land...The Prodigy XL/P.i.a.S.
- The Boatman's Call...Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Mute/P.i.a.S.
- Time Out Of Mind...Bob Dylan Columbia
- Homework...Daft Punk Daft Trax/Virgin
- Low Estate...16 Horsepower A&M/Polydor
- When I Was Born For The Seventh Time...Cornershop Wiiija/P.i.a.S.
- El Corazon...Steve Earle Warner Bros/Warner
- Around The Fur...Deftones Maverick/Warner
- The Future Of War...Atari Teenage Riot Digital Hardcore/P.i.a.S.
- Saturday Teenage Kicks...Junkie XL Roadrunner
- Brighten The Corners...Pavement Domino/Konkurrent
- Dig Your Own Hole...Chemical Brothers Virgin
- Baduizm...Erykah Badu Kedar/Universal
- Wu-Tang Forever...Wu-Tang Clan Loud/RCA/BMG
- Under The Western Freeway...Grandaddy V
- Fountains Of Wayne...Fountains Of Wayne Scratchie/Atlantic/Warner
- In It For The Money...Supergrass Parlophone/EMI
- Interiors...Brad Epic/Sony
- Echo Dek...Primal Scream Epic
- Lifeforms...Reprazent featuring Roni Size Mercury
- Blue Moon Swamp...John Fogerty Warner
- Portishead...Portishead Go!Beat/Polydor
- Barrel Chested...Slobberbone Doolittle/Sonic Rendezvous
- Dust Bunnies...Bettie Serveert Brinkman Records/P.i.a.S.
- Be Here Now...Oasis Epic
- Homemade Blood...Chuck Prophet Cooking Vinyl/Zomba/Rough Trad
- One Second...Paradise Lost ????
- Songs From The Capeman...Paul Simon Warner
- The Colour And The Shape...Foo Fighters Roswell/Capitol/EMI
- Blur...Blur Food/Parlophone/EMI
- The End Of Violence...Ry Cooder Outpost/BMG
- The New Transistor Heroes...Bis Wiiija/Konkurrent
- Nutrient...Soylent Green Eigen Beheer
- Sound Of Lies...The Jayhawks American/BMG
- Halim...Natacha Atlas Naton/Beggars Banquet/P.i.a.S.
- You Should Be Sinnin'...The Dirty's Crypt/Sonic
- Homogenic...Bjork Mother/Polydor
- Fashion Nugget...Cake Capricorn/Mercury
- En Concert...Orchestre National De Barbes Popular African
Music/Munich
- Baduizm Live...Erykah Badu Universal
- Poison Love...Buddy Miller HighTone/Sonic Rendezvous
- Flaming Pie...Paul McCartney Parlophone/EMI
- Falling Into Infinity...Dream Theater ??
- Transmission...The Tea Party EMI
- 13 Featuring Lester Butler...13 Featuring Lester Butler
Hightone/Sonic Rendez Vous
- Freek Funk...Luke Slater Novamute/P.i.a.S.
- Aphrodite Recordings...Aphrodite Aphrodite Record
- Sol Niger Within...FredrikThordendal's Sp. Defect UAE/Finyl Vinyl
- Turn The Dark Off...Howie B. Polydor
- The Charity Of Night...Bruce Cockburn Ryko/Munich
- Kopstoot Van Een Vlinder...Van Dik Hout Columbia
- The Comfort Of Replay...Benjamin B. Excelsior/Universal
- Dots And Loops...Stereolab Warner
- Es Ist Egal, Aber...Toc O Tronic L'Age d'Or
- White On Blonde...Texas ????
- Balance Of The Force...Boymerang Regal/EMI
- Mag Earwhig!...Guided By Voices Matador/Konkurrent
- Modus Operandi...Photek Virgin
- Sound Verite...The Make-Up K/Konkurrent
- Earthling...David Bowie Arista/BMG
- Further...Geneva Nude/
- At The Club...Kenickie Emidisc/EMI
- Universal Playground...Tuesday Child Columbia
- The Wake Of The World...Savatage Shrapnel/Roadrunner
- Niks Is Zoas 't Lek...Skik Polydor
- Red Apple Falls...Smog Domino/Konkurrent
- Gaaphonger...De Kift Konkurrel/Konkurrent
- A Wrong-Eyed Jesus...Jim White Luaka Bop/Warner
- Hint Of Mess...Andrew Dorff Columbia/Sony
- Either/Or...Elliot Smith Kill Rock Stars
- Jugulator...Judas Priest Judas Priest/SPV/P.i.a.S.
- Keepers...Guy Clark Sugar Hill
- Pop...U2 Island/Mercury
- Circle Songs...Bobby McFerrin Sony
- Back In Business...EPMD Defjam/Mercury
- Stardust We Are...Flower Kings ??
- The Time Is Nigh...Fushitsusha Tokuma/Japan
- Yeah, It's That Easy...G. Love & Special Sauce Okeh/Sony
- Hippjokk...Hedningarna Silence/Music & Words
- Selfish...Lemon Crush Whale/Zomba
- Cryptic Writings...Megadeth EMI
- Seipsipd...Negativeland Secland/Staalplaat
- Play 9 Songs With Mr. Quintron...Oblivians Crypt/Sonic Rendezvous
- Water, Lucht En Liefde...Rowwen Heze HKM/CNR
- Jungle Warriors On The Mountain Top...Tribe Of Issachar Congo
Natty
- Relax 20...6th Sense Approach Re-Load
- Shizuo Vs. Shizor...Shizuo Digital Hardcore/P.i.a.S.
- So Long So Wrong...Alison Kraus & Union Station
Rounder/CRS/Munich
- Share My World...Mary J.Blige Universal
- Surf-N-Burn...Blue Stingrays Epitone/Epitaph/P.i.a.S.
- Colla Parte...Ernst Reijseger Winter & Winter/VIA
- A Death Never To Be Complete...Fushitsusha Tokuma/Japan
- I Got Next...KRS One Jive/Zomba
- Three Dollar Bill Y'All...Limb Bizkit ????
- Help Wanted, Love Needed, Caretaker...Mount Pilot Doolittle/Sonic
Rendezvous
- Bedrooms And Cities...Neil Landstrumm Tresor/P.i.a.S.
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OOR Critics albums of 1998
1. Elliott SMITH: XO
2. MASSIVE ATTACK: Mezzanine
3. AIR: Moon Safari
4. BEASTIE BOYS: Hello Nasty
5. CALEXICO: The Black Light
6. Lauryn HILL: The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
7. Johnny DOWD: Wrong Side Of Memphis
8. SPARKLEHORSE: Good Morning Spider
9. Lucinda WILLIAMS: Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
10. CAESAR: No Rest For The Alonely
OOR Critics top 10 of 1999
1. WAITS, Tom: Mule Variations
2. BASEMENT JAXX: Remedy
3. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS: Californication
4. MOBY: Play
5. BECK: Midnite Vultures
6. DARYLL-ANN: Happy Traum
7. MACY GRAY, Macy: On How Life Is
8. DEUS: The Ideal Crash
8. MOS DEF: Black On Both Sides
10. BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY: I See A Darkness
OOR Critics top 10 2000

1.
EMINEM: The Marshall Mathers LP
2.
RADIOHEAD: Kid A
3.
COLDPLAY: Parachutes
4.
DANGELO: Voodoo
5.
BADLY DRAWN BOY: The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
6.
JOHNNY CASH: American III: Solitary Man
7.
MADONNA: Music
8.
AT THE DRIVE-IN: Relationship Of Command
9.
U2: All That You Cant Leave Behind
10.
GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR!: Levez Voz Skinny Fists Comme Antennas To
Heaven!
OOR Critics list 2001

- Is This It - The Strokes (RCA/BMG)
- All Is Dream - Mercury Rev (V2)
- Amnesiac - Radiohead (Parlophone/EMI)
- Pergola - Johan (Excelsior/V2)
- Lateralus - Tool (Volcano/Zomba)
- In Search Of - N*E*R*D (Virgin)
- White Blood Cells - The White Stripes (XL/V2)
- Endless Summer - Fennesz (Mego/Konkurrent)
- Mahogany Soul - Angie Stone (J/Arista/BMG)
- It's A Wonderful Life - Sparklehorse (Capitol/EMI)
OOR's 2002 critics list:

1. Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf
2. Spinvis – Spinvis
3.The Streets – Original Pirate Material
4.Bright Eyes – Lifted
5.Solomon Burke – Don’t Give Up On Me
6.Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
7.Audioslave – Audioslave
8.Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
9.The Coral – The Coral
10.Missy Elliott – Under Construction
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