Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
| Almost Cool | (10/10) |
| Q | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Sputnikmusic | |
| Slant Magazine | |
| Bloody Disgusting | |
| Piero Scaruffi | |
| BBC | (very favourable) |
| The New York Times | (very favourable) |
It won the 1995 Mercury Music Prize, beating stiff competition which included PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love, Oasis' Definitely Maybe, and Tricky's Maxinquaye.
- Mojo (p. 62) - Ranked No. 35 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics."
- Mojo (1/95, p. 50) - Included in Mojo's "25 Best Albums of 1994."
- The New York Times (1/5/95, p. C15) - Included on Neil Strauss' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94.
- NME (8/12/00, p. 29) - Ranked No. 29 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums."
- NME (12/24/94, p. 22) - Ranked No. 6 in NME's list of the 'Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'
- Q (12/99, p. 82) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."
- Q (6/00, p. 66) - Ranked No. 61 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums."
- Rolling Stone (5/13/99, pp. 79–80) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
- In 2003, the album was ranked No. 419 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
- Spin (9/99, p. 140) - Ranked No. 42 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."
- The Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked No. 14 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
The album is the subject of a title in Continuum's 33⅓ series of books, published in October 2011.
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