| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| Chuck Eddy (USA) - The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'Roll (1997)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year (1981)
| 2 |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 145 |
| Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: "Treasure Island" Albums (1979)
| No Order |
| IE (USA) - 50 Great Albums, a Rock Time Capsule (1999)
| No Order |
| Joe S. Harrington, Blastitude (USA) - The All-Time Top 100 Albums (2001)
| 72 |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005)
| 117 |
| Paste (USA) - The 70 Best Albums of the 1970s (2012)
| 35 |
| Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1987)
| 60 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2004)
| 52 |
| Popblerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2013)
| 19 |
| 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)
| 31 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 98 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 121 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years (1987)
| 11 |
| Spin (USA) - The 25 Greatest Albums of All Time (1989)
| 8 |
| Stylus (USA) - Top 101-200 Albums of All time (2004)
| 151 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Catalog entry |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 70s, by Year (2005)
| 1 |
| Trouser (USA) - The Best Albums from 1970-79 (1980)
| No Order |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2015)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made (1995)
| 69 |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1985)
| 40 |
| NME (UK) - NME Rock Years, Albums of the Year 1963-99 (2000)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006)
| 66 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 256 |
| Q (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2000)
| 82 |
| The Anarchist (UK) - The 33 Best Albums Ever (1997)
| 29 |
| Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995)
| 92 |
| Expressen (Sweden) - The 100 Best Records Ever (1999)
| 41 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| Slitz (Sweden) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1990)
| 22 |
| Tor Milde (Norway) - The 100 Best Pop and Rock Albums of All Time (2004)
| 43 |
| David Kleijwegt (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1999)
| 85 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 20th Century (1987)
| 53 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 70s (1979)
| 17 |
| 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 |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1998)
| 44 |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - The 100 Masterpieces (1993)
| 84 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 139 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997)
| 47 |
| Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1970s (2009)
| 36 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 18 |
| Crossroads (France) - 109 Essential Albums from 1976-78 (2009)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007)
| No Order |
| Liberation (France) - Best Albums 1968-88 (1988)
| 40 |
| 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) - 50 LPs in the History of Rock (2004)
| 30 |
| 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)
| 29 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002)
| 114 |
| Alternative Melbourne (Australia) - The Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums (1996)
| 90 |
| Craig Mathieson & Toby Creswell (Australia) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2013)
| 90 |
| Rolling Stone & Borders (Australia) - 100 Must Have CDs (2007)
| No Order |
| BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
| 13 |
| Wu Zhengzhong (China?) - A Selection of 100 Rock Classics (1998)
| No Order |
| Popster (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of the 70s (1979)
| 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)
| 5 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| A |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983)
| 4 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 5 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 10 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 9 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001)
| 5 Stars |
| 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)
| 3 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4.5 Stars |
| José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997)
| 4 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Hot Press (Ireland) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 3 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 5 |
| Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 8 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |