| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2011)
| 73 |
| Chuck Eddy (USA) - The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'Roll (1997)
| No Order |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 (1999)
| 1 |
| Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History (USA) - Most Significant Rock Albums (2006)
| No Order |
| Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 54 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2013)
| 26 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990)
| 51 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 40 Most Groundbreaking Albums of All Time (2014)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 242 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 378 |
| Spin (USA) - 15 Most Influental Albums Not By Beatles, Stones, Dylan or Elvis (2003)
| No Order |
| Spin (USA) - Ten Reasons Why We Wish SPIN had Started in 1984 (2005)
| 7 |
| Spin (USA) - The 25 Greatest Albums of All Time (1989)
| 11 |
| The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (1998)
| No Order |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Catalog entry |
| XXL (USA) - 40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Albums by Year (2014)
| No Order |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - 101 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2014)
| No Order |
| Sean Egan (UK) - 100 Albums That Changed Music (2006)
| No Order |
| The Observer (UK) - 50 Albums That Changed Music 1956-2006 (2006)
| 40 |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Australia) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s (1990)
| 51 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 4.5 Bones |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 4 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 4.5 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
| 8 |
| 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)
| 2 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 10 |