| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 3 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) | 2.5 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade | A |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) | 3.5 Stars |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 | 4 |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) | 3 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) | 5 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Downbeat (USA) - Album of the Year | 1 |
| Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year | 9 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year | 5 |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year | 26 |
| Machina (Poland) - Albums of the Year | 5 |
