| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4.5 Stars |
| Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) | 82 |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4.5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) | 6.5 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Decibel (USA) - Top Albums of 2008 | 4 |
| Delusions of Adequacy (USA) - Top Albums of 2008 | 33 |
| PopMatters (USA) - Top Albums of 2008 | 52 |
| Sputnikmusic (USA) - Top Albums of 2008 | 32 |
| Village Voice Pazz&Jop (USA) - Top Albums of 2008 | 82 |
| Classic Rock (UK) - Top Albums of 2008 | 11 |
| Metal Hammer (UK) - Top Albums of 2008 | 2 |
| Eye Weekly Canadian poll (Canada) - Top Albums of 2008 | 19.5 |
| Dagbladet (Norway) - Top Albums of 2008 | 25 |
| Rumba (Finland) - Top Albums of 2008 | 10 |
| RockZone (Spain) - Top Albums of 2008 | 11 |
