| Allan Kozinn, AVGuide (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Albums of the Century (2000)
| No Order |
| Alternative Press (USA) - The 90 Greatest Albums of the 90s (1998)
| 1 |
| Alternative Press (USA) - Top 99 Albums of '85 to '95 (1995)
| 1 |
| Amazon.com (USA) - The 10 Best Albums by Decade (1999)
| 2 |
| Associated Press - The 10 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999)
| No Order |
| Barnes & Noble.com (USA) - The Best Music of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003)
| No Order |
| Blender (USA) - The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time (2002)
| 9 |
| CDNOW (USA) - The 10 (+5) Essential Records of the 90s (2002)
| No Order |
| Chris Smith (USA) - 101 Albums That Changed Popular Music (2009)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 100 Albums Ever (2010)
| 32 |
| Edna Gundersen, USA Today (USA) - Top 40 Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Greatest CDs of All Time (1993)
| 16 |
| Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
| 337 |
| Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999)
| 7 |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
| Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History (USA) - Most Significant Rock Albums (2006)
| No Order |
| IE (USA) - 50 Great Albums, a Rock Time Capsule (1999)
| No Order |
| Infoplease.com (USA) - Must-Have Recordings (1998)
| No Order |
| Ink Blot (USA) - Albums of the 90s (2000)
| 2 |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005)
| 3 |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, the Album of the Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995)
| No Order |
| Liza Lentini (USA) - The 100 Greatest Vinyl Records of All Time (2015)
| No Order |
| LostAtSea (USA) - 90 Albums of the 90s (2000)
| 31 |
| Music Underwater (USA) - Top 100 Albums 1990-2003 (2004)
| 8 |
| National Recording Preservation Board (USA) - The National Recording Registry
| No Order |
| Neil Strauss (USA) - The 100 Most Influential Alternative Albums (1993)
| No Order |
| Out (USA) - The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (2008)
| 68 |
| Paste (USA) - The 90 Best Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| 3 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - 10 Albums of the 90's (2003)
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week
| No Order |
| Pause & Play (USA) - The 90s Top 100 Essential Albums (1999)
| 1 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s (1999)
| 6 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s (2003)
| 6 |
| Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| 1 |
| Radio WXPN (USA) - The 100 Most Progressive Albums (1996)
| 16 |
| Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018)
| No Order |
| Rod Underhill (USA) - The Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums (2003)
| 3 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s (2010)
| 1 |
| 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)
| 17 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 6 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (2011)
| 4 |
| Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995)
| 5 |
| Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010)
| 4 |
| Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015)
| 1 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005)
| 3 |
| Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 1 |
| Stereophile (USA) - 40 Years of Stereophile: The 40 (+94) Essential Albums (2002)
| No Order |
| The Review, University of Delaware (USA) - 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2001)
| 14 |
| 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) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (10 per Year) (2008)
| 2 |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1990s (2015)
| No Order |
| VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of R 'N' R (2001)
| 2 |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| No Order |
| Vibe (USA) - 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Wave Magazine (USA) - 20 Most Important Albums of All Time (2004)
| 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 90s (2006)
| No Order |
| Classic Rock (UK) - The 100 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time (2001)
| 8 |
| Eagle Rock (UK/USA) - Classic Albums TV Series (1997-2002)
| No Order |
| Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000)
| No Order |
| Geoff Brown et al (UK) - 25 Albums That Rocked the World (2008)
| No Order |
| Guitarist (UK) - 101 Essential Guitar Albums (2000)
| 3 |
| Guitarist (UK) - The Top 50 Most Influential Guitar Albums of All Time (1994)
| 14 |
| Hot Press (Ireland) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (2006)
| 8 |
| Kerrang (UK) - 100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (1998)
| 4 |
| Kerrang (UK) - The 100 Greatest Rock Albums (2006)
| 10 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000)
| 3 |
| Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made (1995)
| 33 |
| 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 + Top 50 by Decade (1993)
| 12 |
| NME (UK) - Nominations For the Best Albums of the 1990s (2012)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013)
| 11 |
| NME (UK) - The 60 Most Important Albums of NME's Lifetime (2012)
| No Order |
| NME (UK) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2003)
| 19 |
| No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums 1990-1999 (2013)
| 2 |
| Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - 100 Greatest Albums of the 1990s (2015)
| 29 |
| Q (UK) - 90 Albums of the 90s (1999)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - In Our Lifetime: Q's 100 Best Albums 1986-94 (1995)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
| No Order |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Albums from 1980-2004 (2004)
| 1 |
| Q (UK) - Top 20 Albums from the Lifetime of Q (1986-2006)
| 3 |
| Raw (UK) - 90 Essential Albums of the 90s (1995)
| No Order |
| Record Collector (UK) - 10 Classic Albums from 21 Genres for the 21st Century (2000)
| No Order |
| Rhythm (UK) - The 50 Greatest Drum Albums (2007)
| 4 |
| Sean Egan (UK) - 100 Albums That Changed Music (2006)
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 90s (1996)
| 3 |
| Terrorizer (UK) - The 100 Most Important Albums of the 90s (2000)
| No Order |
| The Anarchist (UK) - The 33 Best Albums Ever (1997)
| 30 |
| The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock: Classic Recordings (2008)
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997)
| 4 |
| The Observer (UK) - 50 Albums That Changed Music 1956-2006 (2006)
| 47 |
| The Rough Guide - Rock: 100 Essential CDs (1999)
| No Order |
| The Times (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1993)
| 77 |
| Times Online (UK) - The 20 Most Influential Albums (2008)
| 13 |
| Times, Metro (UK) - Top 10 Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 1 |
| Uncut (UK) - 100 Rock and Movie Icons (2005)
| 66 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 All-Time Greatest Albums (2013)
| 10 |
| MaverickTimes (Canada) - Great Albums of the 20th Century
| No Order |
| The Sun (Canada) - The Best Albums from 1971 to 2000 (2001)
| No Order |
| Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995)
| 17 |
| Aftenposten (Norway) - Top 50 Albums of All Time (1999)
| 7 |
| Dagbladet (Norway) - The Best Albums of the Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Expressen (Sweden) - The 100 Best Records Ever (1999)
| 26 |
| Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 1 |
| Platekompaniet (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2001)
| 2 |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| Slitz (Sweden) - 3 National and 3 Foreign Albums by Year 1980-94 (1995)
| No Order |
| Soundi (Finland) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1995)
| 11 |
| Start! (Sweden) - The 25 Best Albums of the 90s (1996)
| 2 |
| Tor Milde (Norway) - The 100 Best Pop and Rock Albums of All Time (2004)
| 17 |
| Aloha (Netherlands) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1999)
| 38 |
| David Kleijwegt (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1999)
| 9 |
| Nieuwe Revu (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1994)
| 3 |
| OOR (The Netherlands) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2007)
| 1 |
| OOR Moordlijst (Netherlands) - The 100 Best Albums of 1991-1995 (1995)
| 2 |
| Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015)
| No Order |
| VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006)
| No Order |
|
| 5 |
| BR Puls (Germany) - Ruhmeshalle (Hall of Fame)
| No Order |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1998)
| 18 |
| Guitar (Germany) - Top 50 Guitar Albums (1996)
| No Order |
| Intro (Germany) - The Best Albums of the Decade 1991-2001 (2001)
| No Order |
| Laut (Germany) - Meilensteine (Milestones)
| No Order |
| Max Magazine (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997)
| 7 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 20 Best Albums of All Time (2011)
| 11 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (2010)
| 3 |
| Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 90s (2005)
| 1 |
| RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003)
| No Order |
| Rock Hard (Germany) - Top 300 Albums (2001)
| 88 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004)
| 7 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997)
| 19 |
| Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (2009)
| 1 |
| Spex (Germany) - The 100 (+17) Albums of the Century (1999)
| 4 |
| Visions (Germany) - The Best Albums 1991-96 (1996)
| No Order |
| Visions (Germany) - The Most Important Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 7 |
| Wiener (Austria) - The 100 Best Albums of the 20th Century (1999)
| 5 |
| Zounds (Germany) - The Top 30 Albums of All Time + Top 10 by Decade (1992)
| 14 |
| Zündfunk (Germany) - The Best Albums of the 90s (2000)
| 3 |
| Charlotte Blum (France) - Le metal en 100 CD (2002)
| No Order |
| Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006)
| 2 |
| Crossroads (France) - 120 Essential Albums from 1987-99 (2010)
| No Order |
| FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008)
| 1 |
| FNAC (France) - The Ideal Discography: 823 Indispensables Albums (2015)
| Other |
| Florent Mazzolenni (France) - Introduction to an Ideal Rock Discography (2005)
| No Order |
| 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 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - The 100 Best Albums 1986-1996 (1996)
| 29 |
| Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010)
| No Order |
| Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - 100 Necessary Albums (2014)
| No Order |
| Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - Rock'n'Roll: La Discotèque Idéale (2005)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014)
| No Order |
| Rock & Folk (France) - The 250 Best Albums from 1966-1991 (1991)
| 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 |
| Rocksound (France) - Top 150 Albums of Our Lifetime (1992-2006)
| 1 |
| Technikart (France) - 50 Albums from the Last 10 Years (1997)
| No Order |
| Telerama (France) - 50 LPs in the History of Rock (2004)
| 46 |
| Telerama (France) - The Best Albums of All Time (1993)
| No Order |
| VOLUME (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World (2008)
| No Order |
| Discoplay (Spain) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997)
| No Order |
| Iguana (Spain) - The 25 Best Albums of the 90's (2000)
| No Order |
| Plásticos y Decibelios (Spain) - The 80 Best Albums of All Time (2000)
| 55 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 150 Best Albums from the 90s (2000)
| 10 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 200 Best Albums of All Time (2002)
| 152 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014)
| 7 |
| Alternative Melbourne (Australia) - The Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums (1996)
| 34 |
| Courier-Mail (Australia) - 50 Defining Rock Albums (2005)
| 43 |
| Craig Mathieson & Toby Creswell (Australia) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2013)
| 4 |
| Juice (Australia) - The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 1 |
| Juice (Australia) - The 50 Best Albums of All Time (1997)
| 4 |
| Rolling Stone & Borders (Australia) - 100 Must Have CDs (2007)
| No Order |
| BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995)
| 3 |
| CDNOW (Japan) - 100 Essential Albums (2001?)
| 17 |
| List by Japanese Critics - 100 Essential Albums (1998?)
| No Order |
| Music Colony Bi-Weekly (Hong Kong) - The 10 Best Albums of the 90s (1999)
| 3 |
| Wu Zhengzhong (China?) - A Selection of 100 Rock Classics (1998)
| No Order |
| Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005)
| No Order |
| Jam (Italy) - 100 Ideal Albums to Understand Rock Music (2000)
| No Order |
| Mauro Ronconi (Italy) - The 200 Best Albums of the 20th Century (1998)
| No Order |
| Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002)
| 1-20 |
| Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month)
| No Order |
| Sentire Ascoltare (Italy) - The 35 Best Rock Albums of the 1990s (2014)
| 4 |
| Babylon (Greece) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (1999)
| 1 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Porcys (Poland) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (2013)
| 37 |
| Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (2005)
| 11 |
| Tylko Rock (Poland) - 100 Albums that Shook Polish Rock (1999)
| 20 |
| Rolling Stone (Mexico) - The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2004)
| 2 |
| Switch (Mexico) - The 100 Best Albums of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Yediot Ahonot (Israel) - Top 99 Albums of All Time (1999)
| 3 |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
| 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
| 10 |
| Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001)
| 5 Stars |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002)
| 5 Stars |
| Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1991-1997)
| GOLD |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 5 Stars |
| José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997)
| 4.5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7 |
| LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 3 |
| Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 3 |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Hot Press (Ireland) - Albums of the Year
| 3 |
| Kerrang (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 4 |
| Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 5 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Q (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Select (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 11 |
| Vox (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Rumba (Finland) - Albums of the Year
| 2 |
| HUMO (Belgium) - Albums of the Year
| 3 |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Intro (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 17 |
| Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year
| 3 |