| David Keenan, Sunday Herald (USA) - The 103 Best Albums Ever, Honest (2001)
| No Order |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 752 |
| Neil Strauss (USA) - The 100 Most Influential Alternative Albums (1993)
| No Order |
| Paste (USA) - The 70 Best Albums of the 1970s (2012)
| 38 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2004)
| 39 |
| 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)
| 441 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 498 |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 70s, by Year (2005)
| 9 |
| WOEBOT (Matthew Ingram, USA) - The 100 Greatest Records Ever (2005)
| 32 |
| Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums
| No Order |
| FACT (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (2014)
| 12 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| Muzik (UK) - Top 50 Dance Albums of All Time (2002)
| 40 |
| NME (UK) - 101 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2014)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1985)
| 98 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 236 |
| NME (UK) - The 60 Most Important Albums of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| No Order |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1986)
| 28 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| The Rough Guide - Rock: 100 Essential CDs (1999)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 118 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006)
| 67 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006)
| No Order |
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| 87 |
| BR Puls (Germany) - Ruhmeshalle (Hall of Fame)
| No Order |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 183 |
| Spex (Germany) - The 100 (+17) Albums of the Century (1999)
| 20 |
| Uwe Schütte (Germany) - Basis-Diskothek Rock und Pop (2011)
| No Order |
| Wiener (Austria) - The 100 Best Albums of the 20th Century (1999)
| 65 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 3 |
| Crossroads (France) - 109 Essential Albums from 1976-78 (2009)
| No Order |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 579 |
| Florent Mazzolenni (France) - Introduction to an Ideal Rock Discography (2005)
| No Order |
| 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 |
| Liberation (France) - Best Albums 1968-88 (1988)
| 76 |
| Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010)
| 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 300 Best Albums from 1965-1995 (1995)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999)
| No Order |
| Telerama (France) - The Best Albums of All Time (1993)
| No Order |
| VOLUME (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World (2008)
| No Order |
| Javier Blánquez & Omar Morena (Spain) - Loops, a History of Electronic Music (2002)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (1988)
| 26 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002)
| 41 |
| BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
| 23 |
| Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005)
| 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 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4.5 Stars |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| C+ |
| 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)
| 3 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 9 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 8 |
| 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)
| 9 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 46 |