| Bob Gendron, AVGuide (USA) - The 10 Best Rock Records of the Nineties (2000)
| No Order |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, the Album of the Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
| Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| 16 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s (2010)
| 41 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Catalog entry |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1990s (2015)
| No Order |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 90s (2006)
| No Order |
| Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums
| No Order |
| Raw (UK) - 90 Essential Albums of the 90s (1995)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 19 |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
| RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 190 |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 412 |
| 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 |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The 250 Best Albums from 1966-1991 (1991)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The 300 Best Albums from 1965-1995 (1995)
| No Order |
| Rocksound (France) - Top 150 Albums of Our Lifetime (1992-2006)
| 128 |
| Babylon (Greece) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999)
| 29 |
| 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
| * |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 4 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 4 Stars |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 7 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001)
| 2 Stars |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002)
| 3 Stars |
| Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1991-1997)
| 3 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7 |
| LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 8 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 4 |
| Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 19 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 20 |
| Kerrang (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 13 |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year
| 23 |
| Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 34 |