| Chuck Eddy (USA) - The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'Roll (1997)
| No Order |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 26 |
| Neil Strauss (USA) - The 100 Most Influential Alternative Albums (1993)
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1980s (2002)
| 19 |
| 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)
| 51 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990)
| 76 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 461 |
| Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995)
| 34 |
| Stylus (USA) - Top 101-200 Albums of All time (2004)
| 114 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Catalog entry |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 70s, by Year (2005)
| 9 |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993)
| 96 |
| NME (UK) - Classic Albums
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Some of the Greatest Double LPs Ever Issued (1991)
| 14 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 229 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 50 (+50) Best British Albums Ever (2004)
| 51 |
| Record Collector (UK) - 10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century (2000)
| No Order |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1986)
| 87 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 100 Albums that Don't Appear in All Other Top 100 Album Lists (1999)
| 53 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| The Observer (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums (2004)
| 10 |
| The Rough Guide - Rock: 100 Essential CDs (1999)
| No Order |
| The Wire (UK) - The 100 Most Important Records Ever Made (1992)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005)
| 76 |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 74 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 330 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 10 |
| Crossroads (France) - 120 Essential Albums from 1979-86 (2010)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll (2004)
| No Order |
| Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - 100 Necessary Albums (2014)
| 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 |
| VOLUME (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World (2008)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002)
| 85 |
| Rolling Stone (Australia) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990)
| 76 |
| BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
| 5 |
| Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 21-50 |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006)
| 88 |
| 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)
| 4 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
| 10 |
| 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)
| 3 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 8 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 5 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 9 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 5 |