| Ratings | |
| Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) | 76 |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) | 4 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Kerrang (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 3 |
| NME (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 41 |
| Q (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 31 |
| State (Ireland) - Top Albums of 2009 | 22 |
| The Guardian (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 22 |
| RockZone (Spain) - Top Albums of 2009 | 12 |