| Amazon.com (USA) - The 10 Best Albums by Decade (1999)
| 2 |
| Barnes & Noble.com (USA) - The Best Music of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Ben Ratliff (USA) - The 100 (+ Another 100) Most Important Jazz Recordings (2002)
| 1-100 |
| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time (2002)
| 48 |
| Chris Smith (USA) - 101 Albums That Changed Popular Music (2009)
| No Order |
| David Keenan, Sunday Herald (USA) - The 103 Best Albums Ever, Honest (2001)
| No Order |
| Double Time (USA) - Top 100 Historically Significant Recordings
| 9 |
| Edna Gundersen, USA Today (USA) - Top 40 Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Greatest CDs of All Time (1993)
| 3 |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 66 |
| Fred Kaplan (USA) - Top 100 Jazz Albums of the Twentieth Century
| No Order |
| Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999)
| 3 |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
| Infoplease.com (USA) - Must-Have Recordings (1998)
| No Order |
| Jazz 88.3 FM (USA) - 88 Jazz Recordings You Should Have in Your Jazz Collection
| No Order |
| Jazz Online (USA) - Starter Kit
| No Order |
| Jazz for Dummies (USA) - 300 to Round Out the Collection (1998)
| No Order |
| Liza Lentini (USA) - The 100 Greatest Vinyl Records of All Time (2015)
| No Order |
| NPR (USA) - Basic Jazz Record Library (2000)
| No Order |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| National Recording Preservation Board (USA) - The National Recording Registry
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week
| No Order |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 12 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 31 |
| Stylus (USA) - Top 101-200 Albums of All time (2004)
| 159 |
| The Review, University of Delaware (USA) - 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2001)
| 16 |
| Time (USA) - The Best Album of the Century (1999)
| 2 |
| Time (USA) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2006)
| No Order |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Main entry |
| Utne (USA) - The Loose Canon - 150 Great Works (1999)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of R 'N' R (2001)
| 66 |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Vibe (USA) - 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Wave Magazine (USA) - 20 Most Important Albums of All Time (2004)
| No Order |
| Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000)
| No Order |
| GQ (UK) - The 100 Coolest Albums in the World Right Now! (2005)
| 96 |
| Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (2006)
| 57 |
| Jazzwise (UK) - The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook the World (2006)
| 1 |
| John Fordham (UK) - Jazz: Gallery of Classics (1994)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 43 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1985)
| 21 |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993)
| 146 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 79 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Record Collector (UK) - 10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century (2000)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997)
| 14 |
| The New Nation (UK) - Top 100 Albums by Black Artists
| 12 |
| The Observer (UK) - 50 Albums That Changed Music 1956-2006 (2006)
| 12 |
| The Rough Guide - Jazz: 100 Essential CDs (1999)
| No Order |
| The Wire (UK) - The 100 Most Important Records Ever Made (1992)
| No Order |
| Time Out (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989)
| 17 |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 14 |
| Dagbladet (Norway) - The Best Albums of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - Nominated Albums to the Best Music of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Platekompaniet (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2001)
| 51 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The American Music Club: 50 Jazz Albums (1996)
| No Order |
| OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 20th Century (1987)
| 142 |
| OOR (The Netherlands) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2007)
| 100 |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1998)
| 93 |
| Jazzguide (Germany) - Recommended Records
| No Order |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 20 Best Albums of All Time (2011)
| 6 |
| Ralf Dombrowski (Germany) - Basis-Diskothek Jazz (2005)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 16 |
| Rondo (Germany) - Jazz Milestones
| No Order |
| Uwe Schütte (Germany) - Basis-Diskothek Jazz (2005)
| No Order |
| Wiener (Austria) - The 100 Best Albums of the 20th Century (1999)
| 31 |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 33 |
| FNAC (France) - The Ideal Discography: 823 Indispensables Albums (2015)
| Key album |
| Télérama (France) - 100 Essential Jazz Albums (1994)
| No Order |
| El Pais (Spain) - The Perfect Record Collection (1994)
| 2 |
| Joan Rimbau (Spain?) - The Ultimate Jazz Collection (1995)
| No Order |
| Jorge García (Spain?) - The 100 Greatest Jazz Records (1993)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002)
| 20 |
| Craig Mathieson & Toby Creswell (Australia) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2013)
| 42 |
| Juice (Australia) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997)
| 12 |
| Rolling Stone & Borders (Australia) - 100 Must Have CDs (2007)
| No Order |
| Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005)
| No Order |
| Il Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Essential Jazz Albums (2004)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Jazz&Tzaz (Greece) - The 100 Greatest Jazz Records
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Mexico) - The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2004)
| 11 |
| Showbizz (Brazil) - 100 CDs of All Time (1999)
| 16 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 5 Bones |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983)
| 5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 5 Stars |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 10 |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (6th Ed., 2002), Ratings 1-4 Stars, or a Crown
| Crown |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002)
| 5 Stars |
| Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1991-1997)
| GOLD |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |