Several UK music magazines placed the album on their end-of-year lists for 1996, including "Vox", "NME", "Melody Maker", "Q", "Select" and "Kerrang!". In 2010, "Classic Rock" magazine ranked the album at number one on its list of the 150 Greatest Debut Albums Ever. It is also included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". It is ranked at 417 on the "NME" poll of the 500 greatest albums of all time. "Sick Party" was included on "Pitchfork" 2010 list of "ten unusual CD-era gimmicks".