Depeche Mode
Music for the Masses









Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2011) 64
Paste (USA) - The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012) 74
Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018) No Order
Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012) 75
Slant (USA) - Top 25 Electronic Albums (2005) 20
Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006) 7
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007) No Order
Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 17
Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015) No Order
BR Puls (Germany) - Ruhmeshalle (Hall of Fame) No Order
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 194
FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008) 87
Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013) No Order
Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007) No Order
Rock & Folk (France) - The 250 Best Albums from 1966-1991 (1991) No Order
Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999) No Order
Javier Blánquez & Omar Morena (Spain) - Loops, a History of Electronic Music (2002) No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014) 301
Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005) No Order
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006) 71
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 3 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade B+
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 2.5 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 4.5 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 7
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 7
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 3 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 4.5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 5
End of Year Lists
Record Mirror (UK) - Albums of the Year 7
Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year No Order