| Amazon.com (USA) - The 10 Best Albums by Decade (1999)
| 2 |
| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2011)
| 6 |
| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time (2002)
| 23 |
| Chris Smith (USA) - 101 Albums That Changed Popular Music (2009)
| No Order |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Greatest CDs of All Time (1993)
| 49 |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 57 |
| Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999)
| 81 |
| IE (USA) - 50 Great Albums, a Rock Time Capsule (1999)
| No Order |
| Infoplease.com (USA) - Must-Have Recordings (1998)
| No Order |
| Jim DeRogatis (USA) - The Great Albums
| No Order |
| KCPR DJs (USA) - Top 100 Records from the 80s (2002)
| 2 |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005)
| 114 |
| Neil Strauss (USA) - The 100 Most Influential Alternative Albums (1993)
| No Order |
| Paste (USA) - The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 30 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - 10 Albums of the 80's (2003)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1980s (2002)
| 5 |
| Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 26 |
| Radio WXPN (USA) - The 100 Most Progressive Albums (1996)
| 24 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2013)
| 18 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990)
| 8 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 197 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 165 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years (1987)
| 58 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 13 |
| Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995)
| 8 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Main entry |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006)
| 2 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of R 'N' R (2001)
| 92 |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s (2006)
| No Order |
| Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums
| No Order |
| Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989)
| 96 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000)
| 49 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 75 |
| 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 |
| NME (UK) - The 50 Greatest Debut Albums (2010)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 69 |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top 100 Debut Albums (2011)
| 20 |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 6 |
| Sounds (UK) - The Top 80 Albums from the '80s (1989)
| 29 |
| Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week
| No Order |
| The Anarchist (UK) - The 33 Best Albums Ever (1997)
| 32 |
| The Rough Guide - Rock: 100 Essential CDs (1999)
| No Order |
| Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005)
| 87 |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 45 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006)
| 22 |
| Vox (UK) - 100 Records that Shook the World (1991)
| No Order |
| The Sun (Canada) - The Best Albums from 1971 to 2000 (2001)
| No Order |
| Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995)
| 83 |
| Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 3 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1989)
| 30 |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1998)
| 100 |
| RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003)
| No Order |
| Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1980s (2009)
| 37 |
| Tempo (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums from the 80's (1989)
| 61 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 4 |
| Crossroads (France) - 120 Essential Albums from 1979-86 (2010)
| No Order |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007)
| 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 |
| VOLUME (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World (2008)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of 1980-86 (1987)
| 9 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (1990)
| 6 |
| BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
| 16 |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 1-20 |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1990)
| No Order |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| Velvet (Italy) - The 100 Best Albums of the 80s (1990)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006)
| 7 |
| Showbizz (Brazil) - 100 CDs of All Time (1999)
| 100 |
| Blue Jean (Turkey) - The Best Debut Albums Ever (2004)
| 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 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 5 Stars |
| Slant (USA) - The 50 Most Essential Pop Albums (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 |
| 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)
| 4.5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7.5 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 33 |
| Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 11 |
| Rockerilla (Italy) - Albums of the Year
| 9 |