| Anthony Fantano (USA) - The Needle Drop: Classic Albums
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time (2002)
| 53 |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 (1999)
| 2 |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005)
| 151 |
| LostAtSea (USA) - 90 Albums of the 90s (2000)
| 72 |
| Music Underwater (USA) - Top 100 Albums 1990-2003 (2004)
| 53 |
| Ned Raggett (USA) - The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties (1999)
| 91 |
| Nude as the News (USA) - The 100 Most Compelling Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 21 |
| Paste (USA) - The 90 Best Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| 34 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s (2003)
| 56 |
| Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| 6 |
| 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)
| 36 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 153 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 43 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (2011)
| 15 |
| Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995)
| 87 |
| Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010)
| 30 |
| Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015)
| 32 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005)
| 38 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 32 |
| Stereophile (USA) - 40 Years of Stereophile: The 40 (+94) Essential Albums (2002)
| No Order |
| The Arizona Republic (USA) - 8 Albums that VH1 Missed (2001)
| No Order |
| The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (1998)
| No Order |
| 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) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (10 per Year) (2008)
| 3 |
| Vibe (USA) - 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Vibe (USA) - 51 Albums representing a Generation, a Sound and a Movement (2004)
| No Order |
| XXL (USA) - 40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Albums by Year (2014)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums 1990-1999 (2013)
| 25 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - 100 Greatest Albums of the 1990s (2015)
| 26 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 All-Time Greatest Albums (2013)
| 52 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 25 Greatest Albums, 1990-2014 (2015)
| No Order |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
| BR Puls (Germany) - Ruhmeshalle (Hall of Fame)
| No Order |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| Spex (Germany) - The 100 (+17) Albums of the Century (1999)
| 10 |
| Zündfunk (Germany) - The Best Albums of the 90s (2000)
| 16 |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007)
| No Order |
| Jazz Magazine (France) - 50 Years of Black Music (2013)
| No Order |
| MUZIQ (France) - 200 Records for a Dream Collection (2007)
| No Order |
| Dance de Lux (Spain) - The 25 Best Hip-Hop Records (2001)
| 10 |
| Javier Blánquez & Omar Morena (Spain) - Loops, a History of Electronic Music (2002)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 150 Best Albums from the 90s (2000)
| 128 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014)
| 226 |
| Juice (Australia) - The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 61 |
| BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
| 78 |
| 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
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 5 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| *** |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 4 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 5 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 10 |
| 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)
| 7 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 32 |
| Face (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 20 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 26 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 15 |
| Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |