Publication |
Country |
Accolade[31] |
Year |
Rank |
Bill Shapiro |
United States |
The Top 100 Rock Compact Discs |
1991 |
* |
Blender |
The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time |
2002 |
15 |
Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein |
The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year |
1981 |
6 |
Elvis Costello (Vanity Fair, Issue No. 483) |
500 Albums You Need |
2005 |
* |
Infoplease.com |
Must-Have Recordings |
1998 |
* |
Jimmy Guterman |
The 100 Best Rock and Roll Records of All Time |
1992 |
27 |
Kitsap Sun |
Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years |
2005 |
67 |
Paul Gambaccini |
The World Critics Best Albums of All Time |
1987 |
84 |
The Recording Academy |
Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs |
2004 |
* |
Robert Dimery |
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |
2005 |
* |
Rolling Stone (Steve Pond) |
Steve Pond's 50 (+27) Essential Albums of the 70s |
1990 |
39 |
Rolling Stone |
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |
2003 |
165 |
Vibe |
51 Albums representing a Generation, a Sound and a Movement |
2004 |
* |
Hot Press |
Ireland |
The 100 Best Albums of All Time |
1989 |
32 |
Mojo |
United Kingdom |
Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide |
2001 |
* |
NME |
All Times Top 100 Albums |
1985 |
46 |
NME |
All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade |
1993 |
145 |
The New Nation |
Top 100 Albums by Black Artists |
2005 |
27 |
Sounds |
The 100 Best Albums of All Time |
1986 |
24 |
The Times |
The 100 Best Albums of All Time |
1993 |
58 |
Time Out |
The 100 Best Albums of All Time |
1989 |
3 |
The Wire |
The 100 Most Important Records Ever Made |
1992 |
* |
Adresseavisen |
Norway |
The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time |
1995 |
101 |
Pop |
Sweden |
The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements |
1994 |
101 |
OOR |
Netherlands |
Albums of the Year |
1973 |
41 |
VPRO |
Netherlands |
299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time |
2006 |
* |
Spex |
Germany |
The 100 Albums of the Century |
1999 |
93 |
Rock de Lux |
Spain |
The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s |
1988 |
39 |
Rock de Lux |
The 200 Best Albums of All Time |
2002 |
53 |
(*) designates lists that are unordered. |