| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Rock's Back Pages (UK) - Top 176 Albums of the 2000s (2009) | 155.5 |
| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4 Stars |
| Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) | 80 |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) | 6 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Albums of the Year | No Order |
| PopMatters (USA) - Albums of the Year | 37 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year | 42 |
| Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year | 36 |
| Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year | 13 |
| Aftenposten (Norway) - Albums of the Year | 18 |
| Dagbladet (Norway) - Albums of the Year | 29 |
| Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year | 23 |