| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006)
| 6 |
| Channel 4 (UK) - 125 Nominations for the 100 Greatest Albums (2005)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006)
| No Order |
| Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000)
| 32 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| Muzik (UK) - Top 50 Dance Albums of All Time (2002)
| 28 |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993)
| 42 |
| NME (UK) - Nominations For the Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006)
| 23 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 122 |
| NME (UK) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2003)
| 22 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - In Our Lifetime: Q's 100 Best Albums 1986-94 (1995)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 21 |
| Record Collector (UK) - 10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century (2000)
| No Order |
| Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - Guardian Writers' Favourite Albums Ever (2013)
| 17 |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 69 |
| MaverickTimes (Canada) - Great Albums of the 20th Century
| No Order |
| Expressen (Sweden) - The 100 Best Records Ever (1999)
| 73 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 4 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| Soundi (Finland) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1995)
| 20 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 15 |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - The 100 Best Albums 1986-1996 (1996)
| 34 |
| Technikart (France) - 50 Albums from the Last 10 Years (1997)
| No Order |
| Trax (France) - The 50 Best Techno Albums 1989-1999 (1999)
| No Order |
| Javier Blánquez & Omar Morena (Spain) - Loops, a History of Electronic Music (2002)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002)
| 131 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014)
| 19 |
| Wu Zhengzhong (China?) - A Selection of 100 Rock Classics (1998)
| No Order |
| Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006)
| 28 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4.5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 3 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| B+ |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 3 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)
| 9 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 9 |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002)
| 3 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
| 4.5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 6 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 12 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 5 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 17 |
| Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 10 |
| Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 43 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year
| 8 |