Critical Acclaim
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Blender | |
| The Observer | (favourable) |
| PopMatters | (favourable) |
| Q | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
- NME listed it number 15 on its list of 50 albums of the 80s.
- NME listed it number 3 on its list of 50 albums of the year 1982.
- Uncut listed It number 52 on its list of 100 greatest debut albums.
- Mojo listed it in its list of 9 albums of the year 1982.
- The Village Voice listed it number 19 on its list of 20 albums of the year 1982.
- Q magazine listed it number 40 on its list of the 100 greatest British albums ever.
- Q magazine readers voted The Lexicon of Love the 92nd greatest album of all time.
- The Observer Music Monthly listed it number 42 on its list "Top 100 British Albums".
- Mentioned in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
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