| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2011)
| 37 |
| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History (USA) - Most Significant Rock Albums (2006)
| No Order |
| Joe S. Harrington, Blastitude (USA) - The All-Time Top 100 Albums (2001)
| 43 |
| Loudwire (USA) - Top 80 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 1980s (2016)
| 26 |
| Neil Strauss (USA) - The 100 Most Influential Alternative Albums (1993)
| No Order |
| Paste (USA) - The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 76 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1980s (2002)
| 25 |
| Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 88 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 340 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 487 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997)
| No Order |
| Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995)
| 58 |
| Spin (USA) - 15 Most Influental Albums Not By Beatles, Stones, Dylan or Elvis (2003)
| No Order |
| The Arizona Republic (USA) - 8 Albums that VH1 Missed (2001)
| No Order |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Main entry |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006)
| 3 |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Kerrang (UK) - The 100 Greatest Rock Albums (2006)
| 33 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 80 Greatest Albums from the 80s (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Nominations For the Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 363 |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top 100 Debut Albums (2011)
| 81 |
| Sounds (UK) - The Top 80 Albums from the '80s (1989)
| 48 |
| Terrorizer (UK) - The 100 Most Important Albums of the 80s (2000)
| No Order |
| Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
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| 83 |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 478 |
| Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1980s (2009)
| 35 |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007)
| No Order |
| Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010)
| No Order |
| BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
| 76 |
| 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 |
| Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006)
| 99 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 3 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| A- |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983)
| 3 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 4 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)
| 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 |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4.5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 8 |