| Alternative Press (USA) - Top 99 Albums of '85 to '95 (1995)
| 81 |
| Jim DeRogatis (USA) - The Great Albums
| No Order |
| Nude as the News (USA) - The 100 Most Compelling Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 80 |
| Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| 121 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010)
| 111 |
| Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015)
| 187 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000)
| 51 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Classic Albums
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Nominations For the Best Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006)
| 79 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 115 |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums 1990-1999 (2013)
| 78 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - 100 Greatest Albums of the 1990s (2015)
| 58 |
| Q (UK) - In Our Lifetime: Q's 100 Best Albums 1986-94 (1995)
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 90s (1996)
| 65 |
| The Scotsman (Scotland, UK) - The 100 Best Scottish Albums of All Time (2003)
| 5 |
| Start! (Sweden) - The 25 Best Albums of the 90s (1996)
| 5 |
| OOR Moordlijst (Netherlands) - The 100 Best Albums of 1991-1995 (1995)
| 28 |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll (2004)
| No Order |
| Iguana (Spain) - The 25 Best Albums of the 90's (2000)
| No Order |
| Juan Vitoria (Spain) - 350 Masterpieces of Contemporary Music to Discover (2005)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014)
| 301 |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 51-100 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 4.5 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| *** |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 4 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 4 Stars |
| 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 |
| Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1991-1997)
| 3 Stars |
| José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997)
| 4 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 6.5 |
| Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 31 |
| Face (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 19 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 11 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| Q (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 8 |
| Vox (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year
| 9 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 17 |