| Amazon.com (USA) - The 10 Best Albums by Decade (1999)
| 4 |
| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| Bob Gendron, AVGuide (USA) - The 10 Best Rock Records of the Nineties (2000)
| No Order |
| CDNOW (USA) - The 10 (+5) Essential Records of the 90s (2002)
| 11 |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 567 |
| Jim DeRogatis (USA) - The Great Albums
| No Order |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005)
| 84 |
| Magnet (USA) - 10th Anniversary Issue, Top 60 Albums 1993-2003
| 43 |
| 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 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
| 435 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| SheWired (USA) - The 100 Greatest Lesbian Albums of All Time (2011)
| 54 |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (2011)
| 20 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005)
| 56 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 3 |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Catalog entry |
| Treble (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (10 per Year) (2008)
| 8 |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993-2006 (2006)
| 40 |
| 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)
| 154 |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums 1990-1999 (2013)
| 33 |
| Q (UK) - 100 Greatest Albums of the 1990s (2015)
| 14 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 100 Albums that Don't Appear in All Other Top 100 Album Lists (1999)
| 74 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995)
| 101 |
| 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)
| 4 |
| Platekompaniet (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2001)
| 34 |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 90s (2005)
| 33 |
| RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums Since Autumn 1994 (2003)
| 67 |
| Wiener (Austria) - The 100 Best Albums of the 20th Century (1999)
| 88 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 11 |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 454 |
| 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) - 30 ans des Inrocks: nos meilleurs albums depuis 1986 [30 Yea
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll (2004)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - The 100 Best Albums 1986-1996 (1996)
| 28 |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 (1999)
| No Order |
| Telerama (France) - 50 LPs in the History of Rock (2004)
| 20 |
| Iguana (Spain) - The 25 Best Albums of the 90's (2000)
| No Order |
| 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)
| 9 |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| Sentire Ascoltare (Italy) - The 35 Best Rock Albums of the 1990s (2014)
| 8 |
| Babylon (Greece) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999)
| 8 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (2005)
| 36 |
| Yediot Ahonot (Israel) - Top 99 Albums of All Time (1999)
| 70 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4.5 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)
| 4.5 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
| 5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 6.5 |
| LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Magnet (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 10 |
| People.com (USA) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 3 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Face (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 13 |
| Hot Press (Ireland) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 9 |
| Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 5 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 8 |
| Q (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 25 |
| The Mercury Prize Nominees 1992-2003 (UK)
| Nominee |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Pop (Sweden) - Albums of the Year
| 7 |
| Rumba (Finland) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 4 |
| Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 17 |
| Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 22 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Magic (France) - Albums of the Year
| 16 |
| Rocksound (France) - Albums of the Year
| 9 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year
| 3 |