| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Allan Kozinn, AVGuide (USA) - The 100 Greatest Pop Albums of the Century (2000)
| No Order |
| Barnes & Noble.com (USA) - The Best Music of the 20th Century (1999)
| No Order |
| Bill Shapiro (USA) - The Top 100 Rock Compact Discs (1991)
| 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)
| 51 |
| Bob Mersereau (Canada) - The Top 100 Canadian Albums (2007)
| 18 |
| 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)
| 16 |
| Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Greatest CDs of All Time (1993)
| 51 |
| Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999)
| 59 |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
| No Order |
| Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005)
| 169 |
| Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1987)
| 37 |
| Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week
| No Order |
| Radio WXPN (USA) - The 100 Most Progressive Albums (1996)
| 18 |
| 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)
| 113 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
| 110 |
| SheWired (USA) - The 100 Greatest Lesbian Albums of All Time (2011)
| 42 |
| Stereophile (USA) - 40 Years of Stereophile: The 40 (+94) Essential Albums (2002)
| No Order |
| Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)
| Main entry |
| Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
| 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 |
| NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1985)
| 84 |
| Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week
| No Order |
| The Guardian (UK) - 100 Albums that Don't Appear in All Other Top 100 Album Lists (1999)
| 23 |
| Time Out (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1989)
| 51 |
| Uncut (UK) - 200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016)
| 111 |
| Zig Zag (UK) - Gillett & Frith's 100 Essential Rock Albums (1975)
| No Order |
| CBC (Canada) - The Top 100 Canadian Albums of All Time (2013)
| 38 |
| Chartattack (Canada) - The 100 Best Canadian Albums of All Time (1996)
| 44 |
| Chartattack (Canada) - The 50 Best Canadian Albums of All Time (2000)
| 23 |
| The Sun (Canada) - The Best Albums from 1971 to 2000 (2001)
| No Order |
| Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
| No Order |
| Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994)
| 101 |
| Berlin Media (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (1998)
| 76 |
| Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - The 100 Masterpieces (1993)
| 63 |
| RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Albums of 5 Decades (1997)
| 62 |
| Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013)
| No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (1988)
| 31 |
| Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
| No Order |
| Ratings | |
| 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 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983)
| 5 Stars |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
| 5 Stars |
| Slant (USA) - The 50 Most Essential Pop Albums (2004)
| 5 Stars |
| Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
| 9 |
| 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)
| 4 Stars |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
| 4.5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
| 7 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Grammy Awards (USA) - Album of the Year
| Nominee |
| Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
| 1 |
| NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
| 18 |
| Sounds (UK) - Albums of the Year
| No Order |
| OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
| 12 |