| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4 Stars |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade | A |
| Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) | 81 |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) | 6 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Paste (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 | 20 |
| PopMatters (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 | 24 |
| SputnikMusic (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 | 47 |
| Village Voice Pazz & Jop (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 | 32 |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 | 50 |