| Barnes & Noble.com (USA) - The Best Music of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Beats Per Minute (USA) - The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2011)
| 13 |
| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time (2002)
| 37 |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 100 Albums Ever (2010)
| 89 |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 (1999)
| 2 |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 139 |
| Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999)
| 39 |
| IE (USA) - 50 Great Albums, a Rock Time Capsule (1999)
| No Order |
| KCPR DJs (USA) - Top 100 Records from the 80s (2002)
| 92 |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005)
| 98 |
| Paste (USA) - The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 13 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week
| No Order |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1980s (2002)
| 3 |
| Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 5 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 50 Coolest Records of All Time (2002)
| 5 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
| 156 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 125 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| 5 |
| Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010)
| 14 |
| Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015)
| 17 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005)
| 12 |
| The Review, University of Delaware (USA) - 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2001)
| 78 |
| The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (1998)
| No Order |
| Time (USA) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2006)
| No Order |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Main entry |
| Treble (USA) - The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year (2006)
| 4 |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of R 'N' R (2001)
| 74 |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Wave Magazine (USA) - 20 Most Important Albums of All Time (2004)
| No Order |
| XXL (USA) - 40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Albums by Year (2014)
| No Order |
| Channel 4 (UK) - 125 Nominations for the 100 Greatest Albums (2005)
| No Order |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s (2006)
| No Order |
| Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums
| No Order |
| Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000)
| No Order |
| Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000)
| 29 |
| Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Nominations For the Best Albums of the 1980s (2012)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 32 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 All-Time Greatest Albums (2013)
| 72 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008 (2008)
| 43 |
| Tor Milde (Norway) - The 100 Best Pop and Rock Albums of All Time (2004)
| 42 |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 71 |
| Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1980s (2009)
| 26 |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 6 |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 435 |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007)
| No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll (2004)
| No Order |
| MUZIQ (France) - 200 Records for a Dream Collection (2007)
| No Order |
| Dance de Lux (Spain) - The 25 Best Hip-Hop Records (2001)
| 9 |
| Javier Blánquez & Omar Morena (Spain) - Loops, a History of Electronic Music (2002)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014)
| 91 |
| Cameron Adams (Australia) - 100 Must Have Albums (2013)
| 11-100 |
| Craig Mathieson & Toby Creswell (Australia) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2013)
| 72 |
| BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
| 61 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006)
| 50 |
| 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 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 4 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004)
| 5 Stars |
| Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
| 10 |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 7 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001)
| 4 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)
| 2 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 12 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 11 |
| Record Mirror (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 9 |