| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4 Stars |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade | Dud |
| Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) | 77 |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) | 6.5 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top Albums of 2009 | 42 |
| The Agit Reader (USA) - Top Albums of 2009 | 19 |
| Village Voice (Pazz & Jop) (USA) - Top Albums of 2009 | 97 |
| Artrocker (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 57 |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 28 |
| Cokemachineglow (USA) - Top Albums of 2009 | 5 |