| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4 Stars |
| Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) | 81 |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) | 6.5 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| PopMatters (USA) - Albums of the Year | 47 |
| eMusic (USA) - Albums of the Year | 34 |
| Observer (UK) - Albums of the Year | 4 |
| Q (UK) - Albums of the Year | 43 |
| Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year | 39 |
| Gaffa (Denmark) - Albums of the Year | 8 |