| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| AllMusic (USA) - Top Albums of the 2010s (2019) | No Order |
| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 5 Stars |
| Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) | 99 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Downbeat (USA) - Albums of the Year | 2 |
| NPR (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 | No Order |
| PopMatters (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 | 55 |
| MusicOMH (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 | 47 |
| Wire (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 | 31 |
| Textura (Canada) - Top Albums of 2012 | 1 |
