| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - The Top 101 Albums of the 2000s (2010) | 94 |
| Ratings | |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade | A- |
| 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) | 6 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Austin Town Hall (USA) - Top Albums of 2009 | 26 |
| Magnet (USA) - Top Albums of 2009 | 19 |
| Popmatters (USA) - Top Albums of 2009 | 49 |
| Spin (USA) - Top Albums of 2009 | 13 |
| Village Voice (Pazz & Jop) (USA) - Top Albums of 2009 | 79 |
| Artrocker (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 41 |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 37 |
| State (Ireland) - Top Albums of 2009 | 49 |
| RockZone (Spain) - Top Albums of 2009 | 29 |
| Quart (Hungary) - Top Albums of 2009 | 11 |