| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Rock's Back Pages (UK) - Top 176 Albums of the 2000s (2009) | 155.5 |
| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4 Stars |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade | A |
| Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) | 91 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Amazon (USA) - Top Albums of 2009 | 19 |
| MSN.com (USA) - Top Albums of 2009 | 4 |
| Village Voice (Pazz & Jop) (USA) - Top Albums of 2009 | 53 |
| BBC (Rock&Indie) (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 2 |
| Mojo (UK) - Top Albums of 2009 | 33 |
| Nettavisen (Norway) - Top Albums of 2009 | 11 |
| Rolling Stone - Argentina (Argentina) - Top Albums of 2009 | 9 |
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