| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2011)
| 99 |
| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 (1999)
| 2 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1980s (2002)
| 75 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
| 444 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 239 |
| Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995)
| 68 |
| Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010)
| 77 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005)
| 43 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Catalog entry |
| Vibe (USA) - 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Vibe (USA) - 51 Albums representing a Generation, a Sound and a Movement (2004)
| No Order |
| XXL (USA) - 40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Albums by Year (2014)
| No Order |
| FACT (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (2013)
| 21 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 262 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| The New Nation (UK) - Top 100 Albums by Black Artists
| 61 |
| Spex (Germany) - The 100 (+17) Albums of the Century (1999)
| 31 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 8 |
| Dance de Lux (Spain) - The 25 Best Hip-Hop Records (2001)
| 6 |
| Javier Blánquez & Omar Morena (Spain) - Loops, a History of Electronic Music (2002)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002)
| 151 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014)
| 281 |
| 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
| B+ |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 3 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
| 8 |
| 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)
| 3 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4.5 Stars |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |
| Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 17 |