| Alternative Press (USA) - The 90 Greatest Albums of the 90s (1998)
| 11 |
| Alternative Press (USA) - Top 99 Albums of '85 to '95 (1995)
| 83 |
| Associated Press - The 10 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| CDNOW (USA) - The 10 (+5) Essential Records of the 90s (2002)
| No Order |
| Chris Smith (USA) - 101 Albums That Changed Popular Music (2009)
| No Order |
| Chuck Eddy (USA) - The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'Roll (1997)
| No Order |
| Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History (USA) - Most Significant Rock Albums (2006)
| No Order |
| Ink Blot (USA) - Albums of the 90s (2000)
| 10 |
| Jim DeRogatis (USA) - The Great Albums
| No Order |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005)
| 194 |
| LostAtSea (USA) - 90 Albums of the 90s (2000)
| 9 |
| Neil Strauss (USA) - The 100 Most Influential Alternative Albums (1993)
| No Order |
| Nude as the News (USA) - The 100 Most Compelling Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 6 |
| Out (USA) - The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (2008)
| 58 |
| Paste (USA) - The 90 Best Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| 41 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s (1999)
| 5 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s (2003)
| 30 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - 50 Essential Female Albums (2002)
| 24 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2013)
| 65 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s (2010)
| 20 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 327 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 56 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Women Who Rock: 50 Greatest Albums (2012)
| 22 |
| SheWired (USA) - The 100 Greatest Lesbian Albums of All Time (2011)
| 18 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (2011)
| 22 |
| Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995)
| 57 |
| Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010)
| 37 |
| Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015)
| 7 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005)
| 15 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 13 |
| The Review, University of Delaware (USA) - 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2001)
| 98 |
| 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)
| 5 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of R 'N' R (2001)
| 96 |
| Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums
| No Order |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums 1990-1999 (2013)
| 30 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008 (2008)
| 47 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 25 Greatest Albums, 1990-2014 (2015)
| No Order |
| RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997)
| 101 |
| Wolfgang Doebeling (Germany) - Lost and Unappreciated Masterpieces (2010)
| No Order |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - The 100 Best Albums 1986-1996 (1996)
| 94 |
| 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 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 150 Best Albums from the 90s (2000)
| 130 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014)
| 301 |
| Juice (Australia) - The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 18 |
| 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
| A |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 4 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)
| 3 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 8 |
| LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |
| Magnet (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 23 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 3 |
| Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Q (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year
| 25 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |
| Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 4 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Albums of the Year
| 20 |
| Rocksound (France) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |