| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2011)
| 56 |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 345 |
| Paste (USA) - The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 35 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 58 |
| Spin (USA) - The 25 Greatest Albums of All Time (1989)
| 17 |
| Stylus (USA) - Top 101-200 Albums of All time (2004)
| 153 |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006)
| 6 |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s (2006)
| No Order |
| Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000)
| 65 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 80 Greatest Albums from the 80s (2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Nominations For the Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006)
| 61 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 276 |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 28 |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1986)
| 30 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| The Observer (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums (2004)
| 38 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 11 |
| Slitz (Sweden) - 3 National and 3 Foreign Albums by Year 1980-94 (1995)
| No Order |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
| Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1980s (2009)
| 31 |
| Uwe Schütte (Germany) - Basis-Diskothek Rock und Pop (2011)
| No Order |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 12 |
| 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 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014)
| 106 |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| Viceversa (Italy) - 100 Rock Albums (1996)
| No Order |
| Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006)
| 15 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 4 Bones |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 3.5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 3.5 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 6 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 7 |
| 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)
| 4 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 32 |
| Schlager (Sweden) - Albums of the Year
| 4 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |