| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Jaclyn Bond (Australia) - The 100 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the World (2009) | No Order |
| Ratings | |
| Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) | 67 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Decibel (USA) - Top Albums of 2008 | 15 |
| Kerrang (UK) - Top Albums of 2008 | 9 |
| Metal Hammer (UK) - Top Albums of 2008 | 5 |
| 27 | |
| Dagbladet (Norway) - Top Albums of 2008 | 27 |
| RockZone (Spain) - Top Albums of 2008 | 1 |
