Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | link |
| The A.V. Club | A link |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10 link |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− link |
| The Guardian | link |
| musicOMH | link |
| NME | 8/10 link |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.5/10 link |
| Spin | link |
In Australia, the album debuted at #13. It debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart at No. 37 and remained in the Top 100 for several weeks due to the alternative radio success of the album's second single "1901". It has sold 721,000 copies in the US as of April 2013.
The album won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album on 31 January 2010.
- Year-end list entries
- 5th – Time's Top 10 Albums of 2009
- 3rd – Rolling Stone: The 25 Best Albums of 2009
- 8th – Pitchfork Media's Top 50 Albums of 2009
- 1st – The A.V. Club: The top 25 albums of 2009
- 1st – Drowned in Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2009
- 2nd – Rhapsody (online music service): "The 25 Best Albums of 2009"
- 3rd – Spin (magazine)'s The 40 Best Albums of 2009
Lisztomania & 1901 were both listed on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2009, and received No. 4 and No. 13 respectively.
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