| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Rhapsody (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) | 66 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2013) | 100 |
| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 3.5 Stars |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade | * |
| Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) | 71 |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) | 4 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (Pazz & Jop) (USA) - Top Albums of 2009 | 31 |
| BBC (Others genres) (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 8 |
| The Guardian (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 15 |
| The Sun (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 21 |
| Nöjesguiden (Sweden) - Top Albums of 2009 | 48 |
| Rolling Stone - Argentina (Argentina) - Top Albums of 2009 | 37 |