Wikipedia:WikiProject Madonna/Critic lists (albums)

Rankings, overall all-time, best-of lists and year-end critic lists etc.

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Madonna

 * All Time Top 1000 Albums: preview (#871)
 * 101 Albums That Changed Popular Music: link (#)
 * Entertainment Weekly: Top 100 Albums of All Time (#43)
 * Entertainment Weekly: The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008 (#5)
 * Slant Magazine: The 10 Best Albums of 1983 (#6)
 * Slant Magazine: The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (#33)
 * Rolling Stone: 100 best albums of the eighties (#50) +
 * Pitchfork: The 200 best albums of the 1980s (#16)
 * Cleveland.com: 10 best Rock & Roll Hall of Fame albums of the 1980s year by year (1983 year)
 * NPR: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women (#68) - poll
 * The Guardian: Writers' 500 Favorite Albums Ever (no rank)
 * WFPK: Top 500 80’s Albums (#46)
 * Vice: The 99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time (#26)
 * USA Today-24/7 Wall St: 100 best pop albums of all time (#65)
 * Out: The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (of All Time) (#86)
 * Cleveland.com: The 80 greatest albums of the 1980s by Rock Hall Inductees (#14)
 * Others
 * Cash Box: Top 10 Albums by two editors
 * Universal Music Group: The Best Album Covers: 100 Pioneering Record Designs (#56)
 * Classic Pop: Top 40 80s debut albums (#15)
 * Rolling Stone: 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (#96)
 * WXPN: 100 greatest debut albums (#46)
 * Yardbarker: The 25 best debut albums (#12)
 * Madonna's Debut Album Changed The Face Of Pop by Clash
 * 1984 Rediffusion (Singapore): Disco Femme Fatale

Like a Virgin

 * Billboard: (Pop) Album of the Decade (#5)
 * Folha de S.Paulo (Portuguese) : Os discos mais importantes de cada ano nas três últimas décadas (1985)
 * Sounds: Best albums of the 1980s (#3)
 * Rockdelux: Best albums of the last 30 years (2014)
 * Observer-Reporter: Best Album of 1985 #3
 * Pitchfork: The 200 best albums of the 1980s (#115)
 * NPR: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women (#83) - poll
 * NPR: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women (#63)
 * All Time Top 1000 Albums: preview (#471)
 * List of 200 Definitive Albums in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: (#164)
 * VH1: VH1's 100 Greatest Albums of Rock 'N' Roll (#100)
 * USA Today-24/7 Wall St: 100 best pop albums of all time (#84)
 * Universal Music Group: Best 1984 Albums: 64 Records You Need To Hear (#8)
 * BBC Radio 1: 1000 ALBUMS EVERYONE SAYS YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO (#946)
 * 101 Albums That Changed Popular Music: link (#)
 * WFPK: Top 500 80’s Albums (#37)
 * AARP: 20 Essential Albums From the Golden Age of MTV (unranked list)
 * Music & Media: THE EDITOR'S 1985 FAVOURITE ALBUMS (unranked list)
 * Cash Box: Top 10 Albums by Rusty Cutchin (#9)
 * Les 1000 CD des disquaires de la fnac: #292
 * Others
 * Yardbarker.com: The best sophomore albums of all time
 * Flavorwire: 25 of the Best Sophomore Albums Ever Made (unranked list)
 * Consequense of Sound: The 10 Greatest Sophomore Albums of All Time (#2)
 * NME: 29 Of The Greatest Ever Second Albums (#29)
 * WEA: WEA's Greatest Hits: 1971-1996 (#15)
 * Today.com: (one) of the most significant pop albums ever made
 * By year
 * Record Mirror: Favorite Albums in Readers poll (#3)
 * Record Mirror: MOST TASTEFUL ALBUM SLEEVE in Readers poll (#2)
 * Record Mirror: SLEEVE in Readers poll (#7)

True Blue

 * Slant Magazine: The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (#60)
 * Slant Magazine: The 10 Best Albums of 1986 (#7)
 * BBC Radio 2: Radio 2's Top 100 Favourite Albums (#14 +)
 * BBC Radio 1: 1000 ALBUMS EVERYONE SAYS YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO (#821)
 * UDiscover: The Best Albums Of 1986 (#19)
 * Melody Maker: 100 Greatest Music Albums Ever Made (#70)
 * WFPK: Top 500 80’s Albums (#149)
 * Cash Box: Top 10 Albums by Cynthia Banta (#7)
 * Others
 * Billboard: The 50 Greatest Album Covers of All Time (#37)
 * The Greatest Album Covers of All Time (book 2016) | by Barry Miles, Grant Scott, Johnny Morgan
 * Popular Photography: The 100 Best Album Cover Photos Ever (unranked)
 * Music & Media: Albums of the week
 * Domingo magazine Poll (Jornal do Brasil): Lp Estrangeiro #3 and Revelação Feminina Estrangeira #1

You Can Dance

 * Pazz & Jop: Pazz & Jop 1987: Dean's List (#22)
 * Robert Christgau: The A Lists: 1987 (listed)
 * Cash Box: Top Ten Albums Of The Year by Kerry Day (#1)
 * Los Angeles Times: Top Albums of 1987 (vote) (#9)
 * Music & Media: The Dance Record of the Year (pag 1)
 * Others
 * Robert Christgau: her compilations—the 1987 You Can Dance remixes and, especially, 1990's Immaculate Collection—are "stunning"
 * Music & Media: album of the week

Who's That Girl

 * Cash Box: Top Ten Albums Of The Year by Kerry Day (#2)

Like a Prayer

 * Consequence: The 100 Greatest Albums of All-Time (#66)
 * Rolling Stone: 500 albums (#331; #239 in 2003)
 * All Time Top 1000 Albums: preview (#237)
 * Rolling Stone: Women Who Rock: The 50 Greastes Albums of All-Time (#18)
 * 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: listed + 2005 edition,.
 * Time: All-Time 100 Albums (+)
 * Paste: The best albums of 1989 (#3)
 * Slant Magazine: The 10 Best Albums of 1989 (#3)
 * Slant Magazine: The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (#20)
 * Slant Magazine: Vital Pop: 50 Essential Pop Albums (ranked)
 * USA Today: 25 years of memorable musical moments (#16)
 * Pitchfork: The 200 best albums of the 1980s (#78)
 * MTV / VH1: Greatest Albums Ever (#16)
 * NPR: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women (#76) - poll
 * NPR: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women (#13)
 * Channel 4: Top 100 Greatest Music Albums (#4)
 * Cleveland.com: The 80 greatest albums of the 1980s by Rock Hall Inductees (#53)
 * WFPK: Top 500 80’s Albums (#204)
 * Q: 40 Best Albums of the '80s (#8)
 * SPIN: The 35 Best Albums Of The Last 35 Years (#8)
 * SPIN: The 300 Best Albums Of The Past 30 Years (1985-2014) (#89)
 * Cleveland.com: 100 greatest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame albums (#64)
 * Woroni: The 100 Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Albums of All Time (#77)
 * The Independent: The 40 best albums to listen to before you die
 * Pazz & Jop: The 1989 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll (#18)
 * VH1: 100 Greatest Albums (#100): via Google Books or online source
 * BBC Radio 1: 1000 ALBUMS EVERYONE SAYS YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO (#395)
 * Diario Crítico: Los 100 mejores discos de los años 80 (#40)
 * Hadley Freeman: My favorite album (staff The Guardian's)
 * Slant Magazine: 50 Essential Pop Albums (unranked)
 * The Guardian: My favourite album: Like a Prayer by Madonna (Hadley Freeman rank)
 * Gay Times: 10 reasons why Madonna’s Like A Prayer is the greatest pop record of all time

I'm Breathless

 * Pazz & Jop: Pazz & Jop 1990: Dean's List (#5)
 * Stacker: 100 Best Movie and Tv Soundtracks of All-Time (#99)

The Immaculate Collection

 * Rolling Stone: 500 Albums (#138; #184 in 2003)
 * Blender: 100 Greatest American Albums of All Time (#1)
 * Rockdelux: Best albums of the 20th century
 * Planet Radio (UK): The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (#96)
 * NME: The 28 greatest Best Of albums (#2)
 * NME: Ten Great Greatest Hits Albums (#1)
 * CMJ New Music Report: 1990 Staff Choice: Top Albums by Cathie Moore (#9)
 * Out: The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (of All Time) (#8)
 * People: (The best-named greatest hits compilation ever)... is easily one of the best greatest hits albums ever
 * The New York Times (January 3, 2000) claimed that her Immaculate Collection was one of the definitive album releases of the century.
 * Music Week: Peak of the Year (#1)

Erotica

 * Slant Magazine: 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (#28)
 * Slant Magazine: The 10 Best Albums of 1992 (#2)
 * All Time Top 1000 Albums: preview (#544)
 * Metro Weekly: 50 Best Pop Albums of the '90s (#4)
 * Out: The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (of All Time) (#36)
 * Pazz & Jop 1992: Critics List (#22) + Dean List (#5)
 * WFPK: Top 500 90’s Albums (#398)
 * AllMusic: Matt Collar, Aneet Nijjar and John Buchanan

Bedtime Stories

 * Slant Magazine: 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (#63)
 * All Time Top 1000 Albums: preview (#894)
 * Pazz & Jop 1994: Critics List (#26)
 * Larry Flick from Billboard: Best albums of the Year (#2)
 * Havelock Nelson from Billboard: Best albums of the Year (#10)
 * Best foreign albums | Jornal do Brasil poll

Something to Remember

 * Timothy White from Billboard: Best albums of the Year (#5)
 * Hits: Top 50 Albums of the Year (#38)

Ray of Light

 * 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: listed + 2005 edition +.
 * Rolling Stone: 500 albums (2003; #367, new; #222)
 * The New York Observer: 10 Albums That Defined the 1990s (#9)
 * Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 90's (#28)
 * Rolling Stone (Argentina): Los mejores discos de los 90 (#35)
 * NPR: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women (#115) - poll
 * Slant Magazine: 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (#47)
 * NME's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: (#60 or #241)
 * Entertainment Weekly: The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008 (#59)
 * Q: 100 Greatest Albums of the 1990s (#34), 27.10.15 list
 * BBC Radio 2: Ultimate 90s Albums (listed)
 * The New York Observer: 10 Albums That Defined the 1990s (#9)
 * WFPK: Top 500 90’s Albums (#125)
 * Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years, According to Pitchfork Readers (#167)
 * Pitchfork: The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s (#55)
 * Out: The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (of All Time) (#46)
 * Pazz & Jop 1998: Critics List (#21)
 * Rolling Stone: The 30 Greatest EDM Albums of All Time (#21)
 * Paste: The 30 best albums of 1998 (#21)
 * MTV / VH1: Greatest Albums Ever (#35)
 * BBC Radio 1: 1000 ALBUMS EVERYONE SAYS YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO (#736)
 * Esquire (es): Los 20 mejores discos de los años 90 (#17)
 * Les 1000 CD des disquaires de la fnac: #139
 * Others
 * Larry Flick from Billboard: Best albums of the Year (#1)
 * Marilyn A Gillen from Billboard: Best albums of the Year (#9)
 * Susan Nunziata from Billboard: Best albums of the Year (#1)
 * Larry Flick from Billboard: Best albums of the Year (#1)

Music

 * 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: 2005 edition +.
 * Slant Magazine: The 100 best albums of the Noughties (#31)
 * NME: 50 best albums of 2000 (#47)
 * Pazz & Jop 2000: Critics List (#16) + Dean's list (#18)
 * 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 452
 * Les 1000 CD des disquaires de la fnac: #368
 * WFPK: Top 500 Albums of the 2000's (#223)
 * Don Jeffrey from Billboard: Best albums of the Year (#5)
 * Gordon Masson from Billboard: Best albums of the Year (#2)
 * Michael Paoletta from Billboard: Best albums of the Year (#3)
 * The Wire: 2000-rewind
 * Good Housekeeping: The 15 Greatest Albums Turning 20 in 2020 (#6)
 * Others
 * Madonna in 2000: Reinventing Pop ‘Music’
 * Music Makes The People Come Together: 20 Years Of Madonna's 'Music'
 * Music Turns 20

American Life

 * Les 1000 CD des disquaires de la fnac: #563

Confessions on a Dance Floor

 * The Times: The 100 best pop albums of the Noughties (#29)
 * Slant Magazine: The 100 best albums of the Noughties (#38)
 * Slant Magazine: The Top 10 Albums (#3)
 * Out: The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (of All Time) (#87)
 * BBC Radio 1: 1000 ALBUMS EVERYONE SAYS YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO (#503)
 * WFPK: Top 500 Albums of the 2000's (#314)
 * Les 1000 CD des disquaires de la fnac: #415
 * Indie Hoy: Los 50 mejores discos de los 2000 (#25)
 * Jenesaispop: Los mejores discos de la década 2000-2009 (#47)
 * Biggest albums of the 21st-century + 1

Hard Candy

 * EFE / 20 Minutos: Los 10 mejores discos de 2008 (#8)
 * Gaffa: Top 10 Foreing albums by Sohail Hassan (#10)
 * Jenesaispop: Mejores discos de 2008 (#50)
 * Billboard: Why ‘Hard Candy’ is Madonna’s Last Great Album (2018)

MDNA

 * Pazz & Jop 2012: Dean List (#79)

Madame X

 * Pazz & Jop 2019: Dean List (#63)

General & others
Acclaimed Music a guideline


 * 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Archive.org)
 * Rolling Stone 100 Best Songs of the Decade
 * Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 updated version at New York Magazine via ProQuest)
 * Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
 * Madonna at Pazz & Jop: stats
 * Spin Alternative Record Guide (Archive.org)
 * The Mercury: 10 essential albums you should own
 * Rolling Stone India: 500 Greatest Albums
 * Rolling Stone India: 100 Best Albums of the Eighties

Madonna's ranks

 * Evening Standar: all Madonna’s albums, ranked (2023)
 * Gay Times: Madonna albums from worst to best (including Madame X)
 * Instinct: Madonna’s 14 Studio Albums ranked (including Madame X)
 * Billboard: Madonna’s Albums Ranked From Worst to Best (2015)
 * The Advocate: Madonna's 13 Studio Albums Ranked (2015)
 * NME Blog: Madonna – Rank The Albums (2011)
 * Stereogum: Madonna Albums From Worst To Best (2015)
 * The Daily Telegraph: Madonna's 15 albums: ranked from worst to best (2018)
 * Attitude: Which Madonna album is the best? (2019)

Album covers

 * Billboard 2024: Every Madonna Album Cover, Ranked