| Barnes & Noble.com (USA) - The Best Music of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2011)
| 12 |
| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time (2002)
| 5 |
| Chris Smith (USA) - 101 Albums That Changed Popular Music (2009)
| No Order |
| Chuck Eddy (USA) - The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'Roll (1997)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 100 Albums Ever (2010)
| 35 |
| Edna Gundersen, USA Today (USA) - Top 40 Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Greatest CDs of All Time (1993)
| 12 |
| Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999)
| 98 |
| Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History (USA) - Most Significant Rock Albums (2006)
| No Order |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005)
| 33 |
| Loudwire (USA) - Top 80 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 1980s (2016)
| 1 |
| Paste (USA) - The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 23 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1980s (2002)
| 59 |
| Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 10 |
| Revolver (USA) - The 69 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time (2002)
| 9 |
| 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)
| 4 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990)
| 27 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 62 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 62 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 37 |
| Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010)
| 7 |
| Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015)
| 57 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005)
| 18 |
| Stereophile (USA) - 40 Years of Stereophile: The 40 (+94) Essential Albums (2002)
| No Order |
| Stylus (USA) - Top 101-200 Albums of All time (2004)
| 166 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Main entry |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006)
| 9 |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2015)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of R 'N' R (2001)
| 42 |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Channel 4 (UK) - 125 Nominations for the 100 Greatest Albums (2005)
| No Order |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s (2006)
| No Order |
| Classic Rock (UK) - The 100 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time (2001)
| 6 |
| Classic Rock (UK) - The 150 Greatest Debut Albums Ever (2010)
| No Order |
| Complete Book of the British Charts (UK, 2001) - Neil Warwick's Top 10 Albums
| 9 |
| Guitarist (UK) - 101 Essential Guitar Albums (2000)
| 11 |
| Guitarist (UK) - The Top 50 Most Influential Guitar Albums of All Time (1994)
| 10 |
| Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (2006)
| 33 |
| Kerrang (UK) - 100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (1998)
| 6 |
| Kerrang (UK) - The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time (1989)
| 5 |
| Kerrang (UK) - The 100 Greatest Rock Albums (2006)
| 1 |
| Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 80 Greatest Albums from the 80s (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - 101 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2014)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Nominations For the Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 50 Greatest Debut Albums (2010)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 194 |
| NME (UK) - The 60 Most Important Albums of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| No Order |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top 100 Debut Albums (2011)
| 61 |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 10 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Albums from 1980-2004 (2004)
| 5 |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Albums from the Lifetime of Q (1986-2006)
| 12 |
| Record Collector (UK) - 10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century (2000)
| No Order |
| Rhythm (UK) - The 50 Greatest Drum Albums (2007)
| 51 |
| Sounds (UK) - The Top 80 Albums from the '80s (1989)
| 16 |
| Terrorizer (UK) - The 100 Most Important Albums of the 80s (2000)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - My Favourite Album Series (2011)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006)
| 76 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 All-Time Greatest Albums (2013)
| 32 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008 (2008)
| 30 |
| Aftenposten (Norway) - Top 50 Albums of All Time (1999)
| 44 |
| Eggen & Kartvedt (Norway) - The Guide to the 100 Important Rock Albums (1999)
| No Order |
| Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
| Platekompaniet (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2001)
| 90 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| Slitz (Sweden) - 3 National and 3 Foreign Albums by Year 1980-94 (1995)
| No Order |
| OOR (The Netherlands) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2007)
| 52 |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
| BR Puls (Germany) - Ruhmeshalle (Hall of Fame)
| No Order |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| Max Magazine (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997)
| 43 |
| Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - The 100 Masterpieces (1993)
| 93 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums from the 80s (2003)
| 31 |
| Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - The Best Album 1980-89 (1989)
| No Order |
| Rock Hard (Germany) - Top 300 Albums (2001)
| 171 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 56 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997)
| 101 |
| Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1980s (2009)
| 25 |
| Tempo (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums from the 80's (1989)
| 74 |
| Charlotte Blum (France) - Le metal en 100 CD (2002)
| No Order |
| Crossroads (France) - 120 Essential Albums from 1987-99 (2010)
| No Order |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 108 |
| Florent Mazzolenni (France) - Introduction to an Ideal Rock Discography (2005)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Hervïŋ― Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007)
| No Order |
| Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010)
| No Order |
| Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - Rock'n'Roll: La Discotïŋ―que Idïŋ―ale (2005)
| 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 |
| Craig Mathieson & Toby Creswell (Australia) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2013)
| 46 |
| Jaclyn Bond (Australia) - The 100 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the World (2009)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone & Borders (Australia) - 100 Must Have CDs (2007)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Australia) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990)
| 27 |
| CDNOW (Japan) - 100 Essential Albums (2001?)
| 50 |
| List by Japanese Critics - 100 Essential Albums (1998?)
| No Order |
| Wu Zhengzhong (China?) - A Selection of 100 Rock Classics (1998)
| No Order |
| Jam (Italy) - 100 Ideal Albums to Understand Rock Music (2000)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 51-100 |
| Velvet (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of the 80s (1990)
| No Order |
| 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 |
| Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006)
| 96 |
| Tylko Rock (Poland) - 100 Albums that Shook Polish Rock (1999)
| 29 |
| Rolling Stone (Mexico) - The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2004)
| 11 |
| Switch (Mexico) - The 100 Best Albums of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Blue Jean (Turkey) - The Best Debut Albums Ever (2004)
| No Order |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 5 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| B- |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 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
| 9 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001)
| 5 Stars |
| 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 |
| Josïŋ― Ramïŋ―n Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997)
| 4 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 8 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 26 |
| Kerrang (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 4 |
