| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year (1981)
| 27 |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 580 |
| Infoplease.com (USA) - Must-Have Recordings (1998)
| No Order |
| Neil Strauss (USA) - The 100 Most Influential Alternative Albums (1993)
| No Order |
| Radio WXPN (USA) - The 100 Most Progressive Albums (1996)
| 32 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2013)
| 68 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 291 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years (1987)
| 80 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Next stop |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 70s, by Year (2005)
| 8 |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Classic Rock (UK) - The 150 Greatest Debut Albums Ever (2010)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1985)
| 81 |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top 100 Debut Albums (2011)
| 33 |
| Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006)
| 49 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 17 |
| Nieuwe Revu (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1994)
| 60 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 20th Century (1987)
| 126 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 161 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 8 |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 877 |
| FNAC (France) - The Ideal Discography: 823 Indispensables Albums (2015)
| Other |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The 300 Best Albums from 1965-1995 (1995)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999)
| No Order |
| Telerama (France) - 50 LPs in the History of Rock (2004)
| 45 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (1988)
| 69 |
| BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
| 54 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Jerzy Skarzynski (Poland) - Unforgettable Albums in Rock History (2004)
| No Order |
| Showbizz (Brazil) - 100 CDs of All Time (1999)
| 36 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 3.5 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 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 3.5 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 9 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 9 |
| 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)
| 4 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 8 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 17 |
| Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 4 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |
