| College Music Journal (USA) - Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Ned Raggett (USA) - The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties (1999)
| 2 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - The 90s Top 100 Essential Albums (1999)
| 11 |
| Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| 58 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s (2010)
| 57 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 342 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 167 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (2011)
| 37 |
| Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015)
| 103 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005)
| 103 |
| Thump (USA) - The 99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time (2015)
| 11 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Next stop |
| Treble (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (10 per Year) (2008)
| 1 |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Muzik (UK) - Top 50 Dance Albums of All Time (2002)
| 30 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 444 |
| Q (UK) - In Our Lifetime: Q's 100 Best Albums 1986-94 (1995)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 90s (1996)
| 66 |
| Terrorizer (UK) - The 100 Most Important Albums of the 90s (2000)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| Expressen (Sweden) - The 100 Best Records Ever (1999)
| 67 |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 3 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
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| 65 |
| Groove (Germany) - The 100 Best Electronic Albums of the past 25 Years (2013)
| 36 |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (2010)
| 27 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 90s (2005)
| 50 |
| Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (2009)
| 45 |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 962 |
| FNAC (France) - The Ideal Discography: 823 Indispensables Albums (2015)
| Key album |
| 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 |
| Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - 100 Necessary Albums (2014)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014)
| 55 |
| Cameron Adams (Australia) - 100 Must Have Albums (2013)
| 11-100 |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| Babylon (Greece) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999)
| 11 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (2005)
| 86 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 1 Bone |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| C- |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 3.5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 4.5 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
| 7 |
| 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)
| 2 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 6 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 50 |
| Q (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 3 |
| Vox (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Rumba (Finland) - Albums of the Year
| 5 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year
| 47 |