| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2011)
| 71 |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 943 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 79 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Catalog entry |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006)
| 2 |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s (2006)
| No Order |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Significant Albums from '82 and '85 (1989)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 83 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 80 Greatest Albums from the 80s (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Nominations For the Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| No Order |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Sounds (UK) - The Top 80 Albums from the '80s (1989)
| 76 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 97 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 14 |
| Soundi (Finland) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1995)
| 60 |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 373 |
| Best (France) - Top 50 Albums of the 80s (1990)
| 16 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 3 |
| Crossroads (France) - 120 Essential Albums from 1979-86 (2010)
| No Order |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 110 |
| 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 300 Best Albums from 1965-1995 (1995)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999)
| No Order |
| VOLUME (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World (2008)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 21-50 |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| Velvet (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of the 80s (1990)
| No Order |
| Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006)
| 44 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 3.5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 2.5 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| C |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 2.5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 3 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 2 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 6 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Rockerilla (Italy) - Albums of the Year
| 8 |