| Barnes & Noble.com (USA) - The Best Music of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time (2002)
| 40 |
| 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 |
| 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)
| 32 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - 50 Essential Female Albums (2002)
| 20 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 40 Best Albums of 1994 (2014)
| 8 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 460 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 106 |
| 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)
| 24 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (2011)
| 38 |
| Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995)
| 25 |
| Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010)
| 55 |
| Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015)
| 25 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005)
| 19 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 6 |
| Stylus (USA) - Top 101-200 Albums of All time (2004)
| 103 |
| Time (USA) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2006)
| No Order |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| After that |
| 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 |
| Kerrang (UK) - 100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (1998)
| 43 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Nominations For the Best Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 84 |
| Raw (UK) - 90 Essential Albums of the 90s (1995)
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 90s (1996)
| 27 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - Guardian Writers' Favourite Albums Ever (2013)
| 17 |
| The Rough Guide - Rock: 100 Essential CDs (1999)
| No Order |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 All-Time Greatest Albums (2013)
| 66 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008 (2008)
| 99 |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums Since Autumn 1994 (2003)
| 75 |
| Charlotte Blum (France) - Le metal en 100 CD (2002)
| No Order |
| 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 300 Best Albums from 1965-1995 (1995)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999)
| No Order |
| Rocksound (France) - Top 150 Albums of Our Lifetime (1992-2006)
| 76 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 150 Best Albums from the 90s (2000)
| 80 |
| Juice (Australia) - The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 23 |
| Jam (Italy) - 100 Ideal Albums to Understand Rock Music (2000)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 51-100 |
| Babylon (Greece) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999)
| 20 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 4.5 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| A |
| 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
| 9 |
| 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
| 4.5 Stars |
| José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997)
| 3 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 6.5 |
| LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Face (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 12 |
| Q (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 24 |
| Vox (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 8 |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 35 |
| Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 46 |
| Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 5 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year
| 16 |