| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| 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 |
| College Music Journal (USA) - Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 100 Albums Ever (2010)
| 61 |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005)
| 69 |
| Music Underwater (USA) - Top 100 Albums 1990-2003 (2004)
| 100 |
| Paste (USA) - The 90 Best Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| 53 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - The 90s Top 100 Essential Albums (1999)
| 11 |
| Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| 33 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s (2010)
| 30 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 40 Best Albums of 1994 (2014)
| 1 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 193 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 375 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010)
| 42 |
| Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015)
| 22 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005)
| 44 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 53 |
| Stereophile (USA) - 40 Years of Stereophile: The 40 (+94) Essential Albums (2002)
| No Order |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Catalog entry |
| VH1 (USA) - Ultimate Albums
| No Order |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 90s (2006)
| No Order |
| Kerrang (UK) - 100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (1998)
| 33 |
| Kerrang (UK) - The 100 Greatest Rock Albums (2006)
| 34 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 95 |
| NME (UK) - Nominations For the Best Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 75 |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums 1990-1999 (2013)
| 47 |
| Raw (UK) - 90 Essential Albums of the 90s (1995)
| No Order |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003)
| No Order |
| Visions (Germany) - The Best Albums 1991-96 (1996)
| No Order |
| Crossroads (France) - 120 Essential Albums from 1987-99 (2010)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999)
| No Order |
| Rocksound (France) - Top 150 Albums of Our Lifetime (1992-2006)
| 4 |
| Juice (Australia) - The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 60 |
| Rolling Stone & Borders (Australia) - 100 Must Have CDs (2007)
| No Order |
| CDNOW (Japan) - 100 Essential Albums (2001?)
| 71 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 4 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| A- |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 5 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 8 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 7 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001)
| 4 Stars |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002)
| 4 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4 Stars |
| Jos� Ram�n Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997)
| 3.5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 12 |
| Kerrang (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 15 |
| Metal Hammer (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 11 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 18 |
| Q (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 30 |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year
| 16 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 44 |
| Rocksound (France) - Albums of the Year
| 20 |
