Describing it as a "melodically complex and romantic pop masterpiece", Allmusic declares:

In 2003, Q magazine hailed the album as a "hidden gem", praising it as a lost pop masterpiece.

Its roster seems to produce blissed-out electronic pop masterpieces like an assembly line

It's not a pop masterpiece but it's a decidedly good record.

Their fourth studio album, 2007's Tangled Up, was labelled "yet another unrelenting pop masterpiece."

The Smiths' wasn't the pop masterpiece it could have been; later, even the band recognised this fact.

"Fantasy" exemplified how a music sample could be transformed "into a fully realized pop masterpiece".

Williams describes this album as being a "pop masterpiece".

"The release of a melodically complex and romantic pop masterpiece with lush vocals was entertained by neither the critics nor the masses."

'Thriller' was one of the greatest pop masterpieces of all time.