| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Steve Pond's 50 (+27) Essential Albums of the 70s (1990)
| 43 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 344 |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 70s, by Year (2005)
| 8 |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 70s (2006)
| No Order |
| Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - 101 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2014)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1974)
| 70 |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993)
| 133 |
| NME (UK) - Classic Albums
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 498 |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1986)
| 63 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 100 Albums that Don't Appear in All Other Top 100 Album Lists (1999)
| 39 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| Time Out (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989)
| 74 |
| Expressen (Sweden) - The 100 Best Records Ever (1999)
| 87 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| Slitz (Sweden) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1990)
| 18 |
| Soundi (Finland) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1995)
| 37 |
| David Kleijwegt (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1999)
| 30 |
| Nieuwe Revu (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1994)
| 28 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 20th Century (1987)
| 6 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 70s (1979)
| 11 |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
| VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006)
| No Order |
| Max Magazine (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997)
| 36 |
| Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - The 100 Masterpieces (1993)
| 86 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 157 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 15 |
| Crossroads (France) - 105 Essential Albums from 1973-75 (2009)
| No Order |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 380 |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll (2004)
| No Order |
| MUZIQ (France) - 200 Records for a Dream Collection (2007)
| No Order |
| Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010)
| No Order |
| Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - 100 Necessary Albums (2014)
| No Order |
| Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - Rock'n'Roll: La Discotèque Idéale (2005)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The 250 Best Albums from 1966-1991 (1991)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999)
| No Order |
| Telerama (France) - 50 LPs in the History of Rock (2004)
| 7 |
| Telerama (France) - The Best Albums of All Time (1993)
| No Order |
| Juan Vitoria (Spain) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (1993)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (1988)
| 1 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002)
| 21 |
| Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 21-50 |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 3.5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 4 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| C |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 3 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 4 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 8 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 7 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001)
| 3 Stars |
| 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)
| GOLD |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |