| Chuck Eddy (USA) - The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'Roll (1997)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year (1981)
| 2 |
| Greil Marcus (USA) - STRANDED: "Treasure Island" Albums (1979)
| No Order |
| Jimmy Guterman (USA) - The 100 Best Rock and Roll Records of All Time (1992)
| 71 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Steve Pond's 50 (+27) Essential Albums of the 70s (1990)
| 9 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 370 |
| The Arizona Republic (USA) - 8 Albums that VH1 Missed (2001)
| No Order |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Next stop |
| Trouser (USA) - The Best Albums from 1970-79 (1980)
| No Order |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2015)
| No Order |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 70s (2006)
| No Order |
| Classic Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Albums of the 70s (2016)
| 36 |
| Classic Rock (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever (2006)
| 76 |
| Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989)
| 90 |
| Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995)
| 117 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| Crossroads (France) - 105 Essential Albums from 1973-75 (2009)
| No Order |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007)
| No Order |
| Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The 250 Best Albums from 1966-1991 (1991)
| No Order |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| 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
| A- |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983)
| 5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 4.5 Stars |
| 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
| 8 |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002)
| 4 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)
| 3.5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 41 |