| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000) | No Order |
| OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 80s (1989) | 37 |
| Buscadero (Italy) - The 120 Best Albums of the 1980s (1989) | No Order |
| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) | 3 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade | B+ |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) | 2 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) | 6 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year | 18 |
| New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year | 63 |
| HUMO (Belgium) - Albums of the Year | 9 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year | 12 |
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