| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4 Stars |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade | A- |
| Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) | 73 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| AP (USA) - Top Albums of 2008 | 7 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Top Albums of 2008 | No Order |
| BLENDER (USA) - Top Albums of 2008 | 32 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Top Albums of 2008 | 39 |
| Village Voice Pazz&Jop (USA) - Top Albums of 2008 | 58 |
| BBC (Others genres) (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 5 |
| The Guardian (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 40 |