| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year (1981)
| 21 |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 455 |
| Frank Moriarty (USA) - Seventies Rock: Top Albums of the Seventies (2003)
| No Order |
| Jim DeRogatis (USA) - The Great Albums
| 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 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Catalog entry |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 70s, by Year (2005)
| 5 |
| David Toop (UK) - Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds (1995)
| No Order |
| Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1985)
| 63 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 329 |
| NME (UK) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2003)
| 86 |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1986)
| 16 |
| The Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997)
| 77 |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 114 |
| Eggen & Kartvedt (Norway) - The Guide to the 100 Important Rock Albums (1999)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 6 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
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| 18 |
| Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - The 100 Masterpieces (1993)
| 38 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 191 |
| Spex (Germany) - The 100 (+17) Albums of the Century (1999)
| 70 |
| Wiener (Austria) - The 100 Best Albums of the 20th Century (1999)
| 28 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 11 |
| Crossroads (France) - 109 Essential Albums from 1976-78 (2009)
| No Order |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 304 |
| FNAC (France) - The Ideal Discography: 823 Indispensables Albums (2015)
| Key album |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010)
| 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 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (1988)
| 44 |
| Jam (Italy) - 100 Ideal Albums to Understand Rock Music (2000)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 1-20 |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| Velvet (Italy) - The 20 Best Albums of the 70s (1990)
| No Order |
| Viceversa (Italy) - 100 Rock Albums (1996)
| 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
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 4 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| B+ |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983)
| 3 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 4 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 4.5 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 5 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 9 |
| 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
| 4.5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7.5 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 10 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 16 |