| Alternative Press (USA) - Top 99 Albums of '85 to '95 (1995)
| 49 |
| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2011)
| 14 |
| Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999)
| 48 |
| KCPR DJs (USA) - Top 100 Records from the 80s (2002)
| 56 |
| Paste (USA) - The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 32 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1980s (2002)
| 39 |
| Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 58 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2013)
| 78 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 498 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 319 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 28 |
| Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010)
| 69 |
| Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015)
| 135 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005)
| 78 |
| Stereophile (USA) - 40 Years of Stereophile: The 40 (+94) Essential Albums (2002)
| No Order |
| The Review, University of Delaware (USA) - 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2001)
| 10 |
| Time (USA) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2006)
| No Order |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Main entry |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006)
| 3 |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Channel 4 (UK) - 125 Nominations for the 100 Greatest Albums (2005)
| No Order |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s (2006)
| No Order |
| Classic Rock (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever (2006)
| 73 |
| Classic Rock (UK) - The 150 Greatest Debut Albums Ever (2010)
| No Order |
| Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums
| No Order |
| Guitarist (UK) - 101 Essential Guitar Albums (2000)
| 11 |
| Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (2006)
| 14 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000)
| 2 |
| Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 99 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 80 Greatest Albums from the 80s (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - 101 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2014)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - 20 Near-as-Damn-It Perfect Initial Efforts (1992)
| 18 |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993)
| 5 |
| NME (UK) - NME Rock Years, Albums of the Year 1963-99 (2000)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Nominations For the Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006)
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - The 50 Greatest Debut Albums (2010)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 7 |
| NME (UK) - The 60 Most Important Albums of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2003)
| 1 |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top 100 Debut Albums (2011)
| 25 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - In Our Lifetime: Q's 100 Best Albums 1986-94 (1995)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2000)
| 29 |
| Q (UK) - The 50 (+50) Best British Albums Ever (2004)
| 17 |
| Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
| 5 |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Albums from the Lifetime of Q (1986-2006)
| 9 |
| Record Collector (UK) - 10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century (2000)
| No Order |
| Rhythm (UK) - The 50 Greatest Drum Albums (2007)
| 51 |
| Sounds (UK) - The Top 80 Albums from the '80s (1989)
| 49 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - Guardian Writers' Favourite Albums Ever (2013)
| 6 |
| The Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997)
| 5 |
| The Observer (UK) - 50 Albums That Changed Music 1956-2006 (2006)
| 31 |
| The Observer (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums (2004)
| 1 |
| The Rough Guide - Rock: 100 Essential CDs (1999)
| No Order |
| The Times (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1993)
| 72 |
| Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005)
| 91 |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 56 |
| Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006)
| 4 |
| Vox (UK) - 100 Records that Shook the World (1991)
| No Order |
| MaverickTimes (Canada) - Great Albums of the 20th Century
| No Order |
| Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 2 |
| Platekompaniet (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2001)
| 7 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 59 |
| Slitz (Sweden) - 3 National and 3 Foreign Albums by Year 1980-94 (1995)
| No Order |
| Soundi (Finland) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1995)
| 15 |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
| VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006)
| No Order |
|
| 34 |
| BR Puls (Germany) - Ruhmeshalle (Hall of Fame)
| No Order |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums from the 80s (2003)
| 7 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Debut Albums (2006)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 281 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997)
| 101 |
| Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1980s (2009)
| 21 |
| Spex (Germany) - The 100 (+17) Albums of the Century (1999)
| 38 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 3 |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 345 |
| FNAC (France) - The Ideal Discography: 823 Indispensables Albums (2015)
| Other |
| Florent Mazzolenni (France) - Introduction to an Ideal Rock Discography (2005)
| No Order |
| 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 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - The 100 Best Albums 1986-1996 (1996)
| 3 |
| Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999)
| No Order |
| Technikart (France) - 50 Albums from the Last 10 Years (1997)
| No Order |
| VOLUME (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World (2008)
| No Order |
| Iguana (Spain) - The 25 Best Albums of the 90's (2000)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014)
| 301 |
| Cameron Adams (Australia) - 100 Must Have Albums (2013)
| 11-100 |
| BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
| 97 |
| List by Japanese Critics - 100 Essential Albums (1998?)
| No Order |
| Wu Zhengzhong (China?) - A Selection of 100 Rock Classics (1998)
| No Order |
| Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 21-50 |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006)
| 8 |
| Rolling Stone (Mexico) - The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2004)
| 11 |
| Switch (Mexico) - The 100 Best Albums of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Yediot Ahonot (Israel) - Top 99 Albums of All Time (1999)
| 76 |
| 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)
| 3.5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 4 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 9 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 10 |
| 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
| 5 Stars |
| José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997)
| 4 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7.5 |
| Face (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 3 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 4 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| Q (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 6 |
| Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 42 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year
| 36 |