| Barnes & Noble.com (USA) - The Best Music of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Bob Mersereau (Canada) - The Top 100 Canadian Albums (2007)
| 37 |
| Out (USA) - The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (2008)
| 25 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - The 90s Top 100 Essential Albums (1999)
| 11 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Attitude (UK) - Top 50 Gay Albums of All Time
| 42 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - In Our Lifetime: Q's 100 Best Albums 1986-94 (1995)
| No Order |
| Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| Amazon.ca (Canada) - The Top 50 Canadian Albums of All Time (2004?)
| 19 |
| CBC (Canada) - The Top 100 Canadian Albums of All Time (2013)
| 10 |
| Chartattack (Canada) - The 100 Best Canadian Albums of All Time (1996)
| 13 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 11 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003)
| No Order |
| Juice (Australia) - The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 52 |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 51-100 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 3.5 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| Neither |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 4 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
| 8 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001)
| 4 Stars |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002)
| 4 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4 Stars |
| José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997)
| 4 Stars |
| Grammy Awards (USA) - Album of the Year
| Nominee |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 12 |
| Face (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 17 |
| Q (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Vox (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 9 |
| Pop (Sweden) - Albums of the Year
| 18 |
| Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 23 |