| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year (1981)
| 7 |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 110 |
| Flavorwire (USA) - The 50 Albums Everyone Needs to Own 1963-2013
| No Order |
| Paste (USA) - The 70 Best Albums of the 1970s (2012)
| 34 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2004)
| 1 |
| Popblerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2013)
| 95 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 251 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 206 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - Top 25 Electronic Albums (2005)
| 26 |
| The Review, University of Delaware (USA) - 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2001)
| 48 |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 70s, by Year (2005)
| 2 |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2015)
| No Order |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 70s (2006)
| No Order |
| Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums
| No Order |
| David Toop (UK) - Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds (1995)
| No Order |
| Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007)
| 64 |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - 40 Records That Captured the Moment 1952-91 (1992)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1985)
| 15 |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993)
| 67 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 14 |
| NME (UK) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2003)
| 26 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2000)
| 14 |
| Q (UK) - The 50 Best Albums of the 70s (1998)
| 30 |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1986)
| 35 |
| Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week
| No Order |
| The Anarchist (UK) - The 33 Best Albums Ever (1997)
| 15 |
| The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - Guardian Writers' Favourite Albums Ever (2013)
| 17 |
| The Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997)
| 62 |
| The Observer (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums (2004)
| 39 |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 19 |
| Vox (UK) - 100 Records that Shook the World (1991)
| No Order |
| Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 3 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 63 |
| Schlager (Sweden) - The 30 Best Albums of All Time (1984)
| 22 |
| David Kleijwegt (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1999)
| 23 |
| VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006)
| No Order |
|
| 36 |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 283 |
| Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1970s (2009)
| 16 |
| Spex (Germany) - The 100 (+17) Albums of the Century (1999)
| 29 |
| Uwe Schütte (Germany) - Basis-Diskothek Rock und Pop (2011)
| No Order |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 11 |
| Crossroads (France) - 109 Essential Albums from 1976-78 (2009)
| No Order |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 742 |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007)
| No Order |
| MUZIQ (France) - 200 Records for a Dream Collection (2007)
| 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 |
| Alternative Melbourne (Australia) - The Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums (1996)
| 57 |
| BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
| 24 |
| Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005)
| 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 |
| Showbizz (Brazil) - 100 CDs of All Time (1999)
| 2 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 4 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
| B+ |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983)
| 3 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 3.5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 5 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 9 |
| 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)
| 3 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)
| 4 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 27 |
| Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 15 |