| Alternative Press (USA) - The 90 Greatest Albums of the 90s (1998)
| 8 |
| Associated Press - The 10 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999)
| No Order |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 555 |
| Ink Blot (USA) - Albums of the 90s (2000)
| 11 |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005)
| 155 |
| Ned Raggett (USA) - The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties (1999)
| 25 |
| Nude as the News (USA) - The 100 Most Compelling Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 43 |
| Paste (USA) - The 90 Best Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| 36 |
| 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)
| 71 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s (2003)
| 48 |
| Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| 37 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2013)
| 31 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s (2010)
| 47 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 419 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 131 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (2011)
| 8 |
| Slant (USA) - Top 25 Electronic Albums (2005)
| 5 |
| Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010)
| 47 |
| Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015)
| 61 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005)
| 74 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 42 |
| 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 |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Vibe (USA) - 150 Albums That Define the Vibe Era (1992-2007)
| No Order |
| Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums
| No Order |
| DJ Magazine (UK) - The Top 50 Most Influential Dance Albums Since 1991 (2006)
| 6 |
| Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000)
| No Order |
| FACT (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| 33 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006)
| No Order |
| Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000)
| 86 |
| Mixmag (UK) - The 50 Best Dance Albums of All Time (1996)
| 10 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993-2006 (2006)
| 35 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| Muzik (UK) - Top 50 Dance Albums of All Time (2002)
| 29 |
| NME (UK) - NME Rock Years, Albums of the Year 1963-99 (2000)
| 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)
| 168 |
| NME (UK) - The 60 Most Important Albums of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| No Order |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top 100 Debut Albums (2011)
| 29 |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums 1990-1999 (2013)
| 7 |
| Q (UK) - 100 Greatest Albums of the 1990s (2015)
| 13 |
| Q (UK) - 90 Albums of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2000)
| 61 |
| Record Collector (UK) - 10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century (2000)
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 90s (1996)
| 20 |
| Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997)
| 36 |
| The Observer (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums (2004)
| 81 |
| Times, Metro (UK) - Top 10 Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 6 |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 141 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008 (2008)
| 77 |
| Exclaim (Canada) - 100 Records that Rocked 100 Issues (2000)
| No Order |
| Exposure (Canada) - 50 Greatest Albums not to make the Greatest Albums lists (2005)
| 39 |
| The Sun (Canada) - The Best Albums from 1971 to 2000 (2001)
| No Order |
| Eggen & Kartvedt (Norway) - The Guide to the 100 Important Rock Albums (1999)
| No Order |
| Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 2 |
| Platekompaniet (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2001)
| 32 |
| OOR (The Netherlands) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2007)
| 76 |
| OOR Moordlijst (Netherlands) - The 100 Best Albums of 1991-1995 (1995)
| 32 |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
|
| 35 |
| BR Puls (Germany) - Ruhmeshalle (Hall of Fame)
| No Order |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1998)
| 83 |
| Groove (Germany) - The 100 Best Electronic Albums of the past 25 Years (2013)
| 39 |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (2010)
| 4 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 90s (2005)
| 7 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Debut Albums (2006)
| No Order |
| RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums Since Autumn 1994 (2003)
| 9 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 81 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997)
| 101 |
| Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (2009)
| 5 |
| Spex (Germany) - The 100 (+17) Albums of the Century (1999)
| 60 |
| Uwe Schütte (Germany) - Basis-Diskothek Rock und Pop (2011)
| No Order |
| Visions (Germany) - The Most Important Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 2 |
| Wiener (Austria) - The 100 Best Albums of the 20th Century (1999)
| 21 |
| Zündfunk (Germany) - The Best Albums of the 90s (2000)
| 12 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 1 |
| Crossroads (France) - 120 Essential Albums from 1987-99 (2010)
| No Order |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 4 |
| 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 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - The 100 Best Albums 1986-1996 (1996)
| 5 |
| MUZIQ (France) - 200 Records for a Dream Collection (2007)
| 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 |
| Technikart (France) - 50 Albums from the Last 10 Years (1997)
| No Order |
| Trax (France) - 20 Years of Electronic Revolution (2004)
| No Order |
| VOLUME (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World (2008)
| No Order |
| Dance de Lux (Spain) - The 50 Best Electronic Records of 1985-2005 (2005)
| 17 |
| Iguana (Spain) - The 25 Best Albums of the 90's (2000)
| No Order |
| 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)
| 8 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014)
| 9 |
| Cameron Adams (Australia) - 100 Must Have Albums (2013)
| 11-100 |
| Craig Mathieson & Toby Creswell (Australia) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2013)
| 91 |
| In The Mix (Australia) - Top 50 Dance Albums of the 1990s (2010)
| 13 |
| Juice (Australia) - The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 20 |
| BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
| 43 |
| Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 21-50 |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| Rumore (Italy) - The 15 Best Albums from 1992-2007 (2007)
| No Order |
| Babylon (Greece) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999)
| 16 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (2005)
| 33 |
| Rolling Stone (Mexico) - The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2004)
| 11 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 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, 2004)
| 4 Stars |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 10 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001)
| 4 Stars |
| 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)
| GOLD |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 8 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 14 |
| Face (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 12 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 6 |
| Select (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |
| The Mercury Prize Nominees 1992-2003 (UK)
| Winner |
| The Wire (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year
| 22 |
| Pop (Sweden) - Albums of the Year
| 11 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 11 |
| Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 18 |
| Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 6 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Albums of the Year
| 20 |
| Rocksound (France) - Albums of the Year
| 16 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |