| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year (1981)
| 15 |
| Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: "Treasure Island" Albums (1979)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week
| No Order |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 50 Coolest Records of All Time (2002)
| 13 |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Classic Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Albums of the 70s (2016)
| 88 |
| Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000)
| No Order |
| Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989)
| 82 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made (1995)
| 13 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 310 |
| Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 100 Albums that Don't Appear in All Other Top 100 Album Lists (1999)
| 25 |
| The Times (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1993)
| 53 |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 77 |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1998)
| 56 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997)
| 65 |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Discoplay (Spain) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 3 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| A |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983)
| 4 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 4.5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 5 Stars |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 8 |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002)
| 4 Stars |
| Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1991-1997)
| 3 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7 |
