Skylarking received a 9.3/10 review score from Pitchfork, and later on, they placed the album at one of the top 20s on their 2002 list of the "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s."
Pitchfork 9.3/10 Skylarking was later listed on "100 greatest albums of the 1980s" lists by Rolling Stone in 1989 and Pitchfork in 2002. The staff at Pitchfork Media placed the album at 15 on their 2002 list of the "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s". 
