| Bill Shapiro (USA) - The Top 100 Rock Compact Discs (1991)
| No Order |
| Edna Gundersen, USA Today (USA) - Top 40 Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Greatest CDs of All Time (1993)
| 57 |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005)
| 120 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - The 90s Top 100 Essential Albums (1999)
| 11 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - 50 Essential Female Albums (2002)
| 22 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s (2010)
| 64 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 408 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 457 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (2011)
| 58 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 44 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Main entry |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Hot Press (Ireland) - Top 100 Irish Albums (2004)
| 41 |
| Hot Press (Ireland) -The 250 Greatest Irish Albums of All Time (2009)
| 32 |
| Irish Times (Ireland) - The Top 40 Irish albums (2008)
| 25 |
| Q (UK) - 90 Albums of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| Exposure (Canada) - 50 Greatest Albums not to make the Greatest Albums lists (2005)
| 9 |
| The Sun (Canada) - The Best Albums from 1971 to 2000 (2001)
| No Order |
| Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 4 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003)
| No Order |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 570 |
| FNAC (France) - The Ideal Discography: 823 Indispensables Albums (2015)
| Other |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014)
| No Order |
| Juice (Australia) - The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 36 |
| Juice (Australia) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997)
| 50 |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 51-100 |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4.5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 4.5 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| B+ |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 3.5 Stars |
| Slant (USA) - The 50 Most Essential Pop Albums (2004)
| 4.5 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 8 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 9 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001)
| 4 Stars |
| 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
| 4.5 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)
| 6 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 9 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| Face (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 12 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 14 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| Q (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 14 |
| Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 30 |
| Vox (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 29 |
| Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |