My Critical Consensus projects avoid personal opinion; they are aggregate mathematical polls intended to measure the true consensus of critical and popular opinion as to what is considered the greatest of all time. Sources are selected to provide the widest cross-reference of opinion while maintaining a wide acceptance of legitimacy.
SOURCES: American Songwriter, AV Club, Billboard, Consequence of Sound, Entertainment Weekly, Guardian/Observer, NME, NPR, Paste, Pitchfork, Q, Rolling Stone, Spin, Stereogum, Sunday Times, Uncut, Under the Radar, Les Inrocks, Mondosonoro, Rockdelux, Musikexpress, Sounds, Ondarock, Oor, Adresseavisen, Screenagers, Porcys, Beats Per Minute, Blender, Gigwise, Line of Best Fit, No Ripcord, OMH, Popdose, Popmatters, Slant, Stylus, Tiny Mix Tapes, Treble, Vinyl Me Please, AllMusic, BestEverAlbums, RateYourMusic, AlbumoftheYear, Ranker, Drowned in Sound, KEXP, Pazz & Jop, Eye Weekly, Metacritic, other yearly lists, plus points from Critical Consensus All-Time