| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| Bob Mersereau (Canada) - The Top 100 Canadian Albums (2007)
| 30 |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year (1981)
| 14 |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 781 |
| Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: "Treasure Island" Albums (1979)
| No Order |
| Jimmy Guterman (USA) - The 100 Best Rock and Roll Records of All Time (1992)
| 26 |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005)
| 140 |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Personal 40 Best Albums from the '70s (1979)
| 37 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Steve Pond's 50 (+27) Essential Albums of the 70s (1990)
| 5 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 330 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 302 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years (1987)
| 26 |
| Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995)
| 14 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Catalog entry |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2015)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made (1995)
| 83 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993)
| 94 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 100 Albums that Don't Appear in All Other Top 100 Album Lists (1999)
| 44 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - Guardian Writers' Favourite Albums Ever (2013)
| 17 |
| The Rough Guide - Rock: 100 Essential CDs (1999)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 163 |
| CBC (Canada) - The Top 100 Canadian Albums of All Time (2013)
| 55 |
| Chartattack (Canada) - The 100 Best Canadian Albums of All Time (1996)
| 14 |
| Chartattack (Canada) - The 50 Best Canadian Albums of All Time (2000)
| 26 |
| Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995)
| 100 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| Soundi (Finland) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1995)
| 33 |
| David Kleijwegt (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1999)
| 15 |
| Nieuwe Revu (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1994)
| 22 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 20th Century (1987)
| 116 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 70s (1979)
| 23 |
| OOR (The Netherlands) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2007)
| 35 |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1998)
| 51 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 396 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997)
| 46 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 17 |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007)
| No Order |
| Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - Rock'n'Roll: La Discotèque Idéale (2005)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The 250 Best Albums from 1966-1991 (1991)
| 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 |
| Telerama (France) - The Best Albums of All Time (1993)
| No Order |
| Discoplay (Spain) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997)
| No Order |
| Courier-Mail (Australia) - 50 Defining Rock Albums (2005)
| 16 |
| BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
| 65 |
| Wu Zhengzhong (China?) - A Selection of 100 Rock Classics (1998)
| No Order |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| 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)
| 5 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| A |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983)
| 5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 5 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 10 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 8 |
| 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
| 4 Stars |
| José Ramón 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
| 5 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 11 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 11 |