Wikipedia:WikiProject Madonna/Critic lists (albums)

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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: [1] (#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

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

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